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Aminul Islam Bulbul said he is looking for a quick but memorable tenure at the Bangladesh Cricket Board after being elected as the new president of the country’s cricketing body on Friday.

Aminul also stated that his number one priority would be to spread cricket across the country and develop the structure of the root-level cricket. 

The former national team captain, who previously served as a development manager at the ICC, has not specified the expected duration of his role.

However, the 57-year-old stated that he took the role for a limited time. ‘As there is limited time, we know that a Test match is five days long, and a one-day game lasts seven hours,’ Aminul said in his first press conference after assuming the role on Friday.

‘I have come to play a quick T20 innings. So I will play a good T20 innings that you will remember. I’ll try to make sure that cricket can be played by everyone so that it will be everybody’s game. So that it becomes a statement that cricket is for everybody. I want to start this work,’ said the country’s first Test centurion.

‘I am not specifying the timeframe because I have not come for a long time. I have another agenda. The work I do in cricket development, I want to continue that. I have taken this as a short-term assignment.’

However, he pointed out which sector would get the maximum priority. 

‘Our number one priority is to spread cricket. You know when we gained Test status, we promised the ICC that we would make cricket decentralised by forming a regional governing body,’ Aminul, who played 52 internationals for Bangladesh said. 

‘The framework is ready; I will present it to the board tomorrow. There will be three success factors. There will be a robust coaching system across the country. We will identify talents. And we will try to form a competitive cricket structure from where we can find out the natural raw talents,’ he explained. 

Aminul, who was one of the main vocal critics of previous boards and management, also said that he wanted the board to work as a team. 

‘I just began today, and time will tell what will happen. A nation or a team will get ahead when everyone works together. A bowler does not bowl alone. He needs fielders and wicketkeepers. So we will play different roles from time to time to establish that.’

Aminul, who returned to Bangladesh eight days ago, said that the role he got would be a better one than the ones he had previously expressed his wish to work for. 

‘I feel this is a better role where I have to work less and give more directions with the help of other experienced directors. So not only player development, but I would be able to learn about cricket in Bangladesh.’