The Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh, also known as CWAB, has formed a new ad-hoc committee after dissolving the previous one in a meeting held at the National Cricket Academy Building in Mirpur on Sunday.
Former cricketer and present match referee Salim Shahed will lead the ad-hoc committee which includes Minhajul Abedin, Niyamur Rashid, Habibul Bashar, Debabrata Paul 鈥� the general secretary of the previous committee 鈥� among others.
There will also be representation by eight captains from eight divisions 鈥� Arafat Sunny (Dhaka), Irfan Shukkur (Chattogram), Najmul Hossain Shanto (Rajshahi), Nurul Hasan (Khulna), Mosaddek Hossain (Mymensingh), Zakir Hasan (Sylhet), Kamrul Islam (Barishal), and Naeem Islam (Rangpur).
The previous committee, which was led by Naimur Rahman (President) and Debabrat, was in charge for almost 11 years.
Naimur, the former captain, who was also a former MP, went into hiding after his political party, Awami League, was ousted from power through a student-led movement in July-August last year.
Salim said that as Naimur has been absent in the recent meetings, he is automatically 鈥榦ff鈥� from the duty. Debabrata has agreed to step down.
The new head of the ad-hoc committee also said that their primary objective was to reform the constitution and form guidelines for the organisation so that they could organise an election.
鈥極ur main thing is to bring the constitution into a structure so that everything goes well within the system,鈥� Salim told the reporters after the meeting on Sunday.
鈥榃e will try to build a system and reform the constitution. 鈥榃e don鈥檛 even have a proper guideline about who the voters will be,鈥� he added.
