Kamal's resignation episode 'unfortunate', says BCB president

Nazmul Hasssan clarifies the quarter-final controversy will not affect relations between India, Bangladesh

KARACHI: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan has expressed his concerns that Mustafa Kamal's resignation as International Cricket Council (ICC) president is 'unfortunate', reported ESPNcricinfo.

He also contained that the controversy arising from the India-Bangladesh quarter-final will not affect cricketing relations between both the countries.

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"There was a meeting before the day of the final," said Hassan.

"Unfortunately, I couldn't attend the meeting. There it was decided that the chairman would give the trophy. It is an exception in the ICC. It was unfortunate. I heard a couple of hours ago that Kamal has resigned. This whole episode is unfortunate. It would have been better had it not happened."

Hassan added that ICC Chief Executive Officer David Richardson has assured the BCB that the quarter-final will be investigated for any mishaps ball-by-ball.

"Just after the Bangladesh-India match, we gave the ICC a letter containing our observations," he said.

"The initial response from the ICC came from the CEO Dave Richardson. He said that they will investigate it ball-by-ball, and they would let us know after their analysis."

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BCB president further clarified that board had reservations over umpiring decisions and did not mention anything about their opponents.

"I can't find any reason for [a strain in the relationship between India and Bangladesh]. It has nothing to do with the relation of these two countries. We are not complaining about a certain country. We spoke about the umpiring. We stressed on technology not being used when it was available. It happened more than once."

The ICC board will discuss the vacant position on April 15 and 16 and most probably BCB will be asked to forward a name for the remaining three months after which the new president will be sworn in.

"The system was that the ICC had asked BCB to give a name," said Hassan.

"We gave a name that was approved by our government. The next ICC meeting is very important to know what they are thinking. We have to know the procedure. We also have to speak to the honorable Prime Minister, because the last person was approved by her as well.

"It is not an important issue who will become president for three months. The president is a largely ceremonial post. The only thing was giving away the World Cup trophy but that too didn't happen."