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Who will be BCB's next president?

Sport's Reporter
It still remains a riddle that who is going to be the next president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
On Thursday, whispers snowballed that either AHM Mustafa Kamal, chairman of Abahani's cricket committee and an Awami League lawmaker from Comilla. or Gazi Golam Dastogir, who is also a lawmaker of the ruling party, was going to replace Lt General Sina Ibn Jamali in the hot seat.
The BCB presidency has always been a very sensitive post and the present government is weighing options to find a suitable candidate keeping in mind the 2011 World Cup, in which Bangladesh is not only a co-host but also has been awarded to stage the gala opening ceremony of cricket's showpiece event.
It was learnt that Nazmul Hasan Papon, son of President Zillur Rahman, was initially considered to replace Lt General lamali. who has been running the show since July 2007. But a polite refusal from Nazmul Hasan, who is also the vice-chairman of Abahani's cricket committee. left Mustafa Kamal, popularly known as Lotus Kamal, as a front-runner for the hot seat.
Mustafa Kamal is also the chairman of the
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance.
It seems that he is also the popular choice among the board of directors. Gazi Golam Dastagir. who has been a promoter of cricket for a long time, on the other hand sprang to the limelight after his name was reportedly addressed in the highest office. He has served the board in different capacities previously.
Although there are two likely candidates at the moment, records from the past show that the government has always appointed the strongest possible person to head the most affluent federation of the country.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury was the president of the BCB during Awami League's reign from 1996 to 2001. BNP on the oilier hand chose Ali Asghar Lobi during their tenure from 2001 to 2006.
It may be mentioned here that only the president of the BCB is appointed by the governmentwhile others are elected.
Meanwhile, some very important issues like renovation of the venues for the World Cup are not getting the pace it needed to be due to the delay of the appointment of a new cricket ch ief.
Sources inside the Youth and Sports Ministry said that they did not get any directive from the minister, who passed a busy time in the parliament on the first day of the weekyesterday.
They, however, expected an order might be issued today.