A Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director\u2019s social-media post labeling former captain Tamim Iqbal an \u201cIndian agent\u201d has sparked a public backlash from current and former national players and prompted a formal protest from the players\u2019 association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a Facebook post shared with \u201cFriends\u201d privacy, BCB director and finance committee chair M. Nazmul Islam captioned a card quoting Tamim\u2019s recent comments on Bangladesh\u2019s decision not to play its T20 World Cup matches in India, writing that \u201canother tested Indian agent\u201d had \u201crevealed\u201d himself. The post followed Tamim\u2019s call for decisions to consider Bangladesh\u2019s standing and long-term interests in world cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nazmul did not answer phone calls seeking comment, but later posted again\u2014also to a limited audience\u2014arguing that, amid the Mustafizur Rahman controversy and security concerns, senior government advisers had urged the BCB to ask the ICC to shift Bangladesh\u2019s World Cup games from India to Sri Lanka. He described his remarks as a \u201cpersonal opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tamim, Bangladesh\u2019s all-time leading ODI run-scorer and a former captain across formats, had not publicly responded as of Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Teammates and ex-captains condemned the language. Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam called the wording \u201ctasteless\u2026 completely unacceptable and contrary to our cricket culture,\u201d urging a public apology and \u201caccountability\u201d from the official. Former Test captain Mominul Haque termed the comment \u201can insult to the cricket community,\u201d saying a senior player was \u201cdeliberately humiliated in public,\u201d and pressed the BCB for \u201cswift and firm action.\u201d Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed warned such statements are \u201cnot in the interest of Bangladesh cricket,\u201d asking stakeholders to act \u201cresponsibly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Cricketers\u2019 Welfare Association of Bangladesh (KOAB) sent a protest letter to the board, saying it was \u201cstunned, astonished and angered\u201d by a board official\u2019s description of a player who served Bangladesh for 16 years and became its most successful opener. KOAB questioned officials\u2019 codes of conduct when making public statements and denounced the remark as \u201cunacceptable and insulting to the entire cricket fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dispute unfolds days after the BCB\u2019s emergency decision not to send the national team to India for the T20 World Cup, citing security concerns, while formally requesting the ICC to relocate Bangladesh\u2019s fixtures to another country. The debate has been further inflamed by Indian media and political commentary over Mustafizur Rahman\u2019s IPL deal with Kolkata Knight Riders and calls from some quarters in India to drop the Bangladeshi pacer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It remains unclear whether the BCB will take disciplinary steps or issue guidance on social-media conduct for officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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