Follow UsFormer Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) CEO Syed Ashraful has claimed that there are many syndicates withing the BCB that do not allow for a free and fair election.
Ashraful had expressed his desire to return as BCB president, but he has had no response despite expressing his willingness to contest a month ago.
“I’m interested, provided there is no interference or there is no influence from the government. If there is any, I don’t think I can go there. Secondly, it has to be a completely free and fair election," he said in an interview with the Daily Star.
“I have heard about a syndicate at the BCB, and some of them have 20-30 clubs of their own. I don’t have the financial capability of getting their votes through money. I don’t think I can succeed in that. But if there is no free and fair election, I don’t think there is any reason of holding the election."
“Since my announcement, there is no update yet. Few people have come to meet me and they are genuinely good people. I said to them, ‘You guys also should be directors.’ I can say they are club people. But nobody has formally told me that they would give me a councillorship.”
In May 2025, Aminul Islam was elected the BCB president, following the removal of Faruque Ahmed.