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Key Takeaways
- 1📊 BPL matches boycotted for a day, now rescheduled
- 2🏆 Najmul Islam sacked from finance committee role
- 3💡 CWAB forces BCB action via protests and demands
- 4🔮 ICC Dhaka visit eyes T20 WC security impasse
"CWAB president Mohammad Mithun, who has been at the forefront of the protests, has said he has received threatening calls and messages"
Mohammad Mithun, president of the Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), has raised alarm over threatening calls and messages received during the players' bold boycott of BPL 2025-26 matches. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has pledged a full investigation, with director Iftekhar Rahman assuring seriousness at a late-night press briefing.
Player Power Shakes BCB Foundations
The crisis erupted after BCB director Najmul Islam's fiery remarks labelling Tamim Iqbal an 'Indian agent' over T20 World Cup venue talks and dismissing player compensation. Furious cricketers halted all action, forcing match postponements like Noakhali Express vs Chattogram Royals. Late Thursday's tripartite talks led to Najmul's ouster from the finance committee, replaced by Aminul Islam, and a public apology that CWAB accepted.
"Everything has a limit. He has crossed everything." — Mohammad Mithun
BPL resumes Friday with revised schedules, but tensions simmer as ICC officials head to Dhaka for World Cup security talks. Bangladesh's group games remain in India, testing the uneasy truce.
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