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BCCI to meet Hassan today

BCB president Nazmul Hassan speaks at a press conference. File Photo: Star

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) will meet Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan on Wednesday to discuss proposed constitutional reforms in the International Cricket Council (ICC).

It has been learnt that COA wanted all three office-bearers -- acting president CK Khanna, joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry -- to attend the meeting, but none of them have confirmed their participation.

Bangladesh is one of the Test playing nations which is against constitutional reforms in the ICC, including a proposal to review full membership status after a certain period of time. They are also opposed to the proposed two-tier Test format and have India as their strong ally.

"We didn't oppose the financial reforms but there were parts of the constitutional changes that we had opposed. I was also a part of that committee. When these came up in the last meeting, there were things that didn't go with us," Hassan had said on March 15 during Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka.

"In the next meeting [in April], these will come up item-wise, and we will vote on them item-wise too. A lot of those present had told me to refuse the whole thing but I said that if Bangladesh is getting more money, why should I refuse that? I have to look at BCB's interest." 

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BCCI to meet Hassan today

BCB president Nazmul Hassan speaks at a press conference. File Photo: Star

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI's) court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) will meet Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan on Wednesday to discuss proposed constitutional reforms in the International Cricket Council (ICC).

It has been learnt that COA wanted all three office-bearers -- acting president CK Khanna, joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry -- to attend the meeting, but none of them have confirmed their participation.

Bangladesh is one of the Test playing nations which is against constitutional reforms in the ICC, including a proposal to review full membership status after a certain period of time. They are also opposed to the proposed two-tier Test format and have India as their strong ally.

"We didn't oppose the financial reforms but there were parts of the constitutional changes that we had opposed. I was also a part of that committee. When these came up in the last meeting, there were things that didn't go with us," Hassan had said on March 15 during Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka.

"In the next meeting [in April], these will come up item-wise, and we will vote on them item-wise too. A lot of those present had told me to refuse the whole thing but I said that if Bangladesh is getting more money, why should I refuse that? I have to look at BCB's interest." 

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