Former Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam Bulbul refuted reports of him requesting ICC to freeze Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB’s), calling it a ‘complete lie’.
“I’ve seen reports claiming that I have requested the ICC to freeze Bangladesh’s funding. That’s impossible, and I have never done anything like this. It’s a complete lie,” Bulbul said in a video shared on social media.
Earlier, Cricbuzz reported that Bulbul had sent a 14-page letter to the ICC, urging the global body to reinstate him as the head of BCB in place of current president Tamim Iqbal and freeze its financial assistance to the BCB.
In his video message, Bulbul strongly denied making any such request.
“They tried to establish lies about me, but they have failed every time, and they will fail this time too. When I was in Bangladesh, they would lie every other day that I was going to leave for Australia. They were proven wrong.
“This is another lie. Because I would never request ICC something that would hurt Bangladesh. And why would the ICC listen to me? I don’t have that access with the ICC anymore.”
The Bulbul-led BCB committee was dissolved by the National Sports Council (NSC) on April 7. The decision was taken following a probe on alleged irregularities in last October’s BCB election, where Bulbul was elected as president.
Immediately after his ousting, Bulbul slammed the NSC probe report and claimed he was still the legitimate BCB president.
“I am unequivocally the duly elected BCB president. The NSC report submitted on Apr 5, 2026, is flawed, reckless, and legally unacceptable, with no basis in law or the BCB Constitution,” he said in a media statement.
NSC also named an 11-member ad-hoc committee, led by former Bangladesh captain Tamim, to run the BCB on an interim basis and hold fresh polls within 90 days.
The ad-hoc committee held the election on June 7, where Tamim was elected as the BCB president for the next four years.
On June 1, a two-member ICC delegation arrived in Dhaka and met with several directors of the Bulbul’s committee and members of the ad-hoc committee.
In a press release, the ICC said its delegation visited Bangladesh to “review developments” linked to BCB and would submit its report to the ICC board in due time.
The findings of the ICC report are yet to be made public.