Mohammad Mithun has been elected as the new president of the Cricketers’ Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB), following Thursday’s voting in Dhaka. Mithun secured 154 votes, comfortably defeating interim convenor Salim Shahed, who received 34 votes, according to election commissioner Iftekhar Rahman.
Mithun’s Vision for CWAB
Speaking after his victory, Mithun emphasized a collaborative approach with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
“𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏,” 𝑴𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑪𝑩 𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏. 𝑾𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆. 𝑰 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑪𝑩 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚.”
CWAB, established in 2004, had never held proper elections in its 21-year history. Former Bangladesh captain and Awami League MP Naimur Rahman led the association for 11 years, alongside general secretary Debabrata Paul. Both resigned earlier this year, paving the way for Shahed to become the interim head.
Strong Representation from Top Cricketers
This year’s elections saw increased involvement from Bangladesh’s leading cricketers. Shahriar Hossain was elected senior vice-president, and Nurul Hasan will serve as vice president. New executive committee members include Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shamsur Rahman, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Rumana Ahmed, Khaled Mashud Pilot, Imrul Kayes, Irfan Sukkur, and Akbar Ali.
CWAB is affiliated with the World Cricketers’ Association (formerly FICA) and gained prominence during the 2019 strike by Bangladesh’s top cricketers, who had called for a complete overhaul of the body. Despite promises by former CWAB leaders Naimur Rahman and Debabrata Paul to hold elections, none were conducted for the next five years.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑪𝑾𝑨𝑩,” 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. “𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆.”
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