Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon resigned on Wednesday. The decision was announced after an emergency meeting of the BCB directors at the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Though the current board was supposed to complete its tenure in October next year, Nazmul resigned from the post because of political changeover in the country.

Papon’s resignation marks the end of his 12-year leadership of the BCB. He first became BCB president in 2012 when the government appointed him. He was also the sports minister in the cabinet of recently ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

According to media reports, former Bangladesh national team captain and former chief selector Faruk Ahmed has been appointed as the new BCB president.

By Navalsang Parmar (Dhaka)