Naimur Rahman Durjoy and Debbroto Paul will continue to lead the Cricket Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB) as president and secretary respectively after being elected unopposed on Saturday as it was expected, reports BSS.
They have been in this position since 2014 and the latest outcome saw them to retain the post for the four more years.
An Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Council of CWAB was held at Home of Cricket Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city on Saturday. There was great enthusiasm as this was the first official AGM and Council of CWAB since its inception.
The members of the cricketers' association who attended the AGM and Council showed their faith in old leadership through this AGM. The full committee is yet to be announced.
The AGM started at 11:30 am. BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon, who was present as the chief guest spoke at the end of the AGM. He expected the leaders of the CWAB will give more time for the organisation.
"This organisation is difficult to run if you don't give time here at regular basis. So I would say that those who are there should give more time here," Papon said here on Saturday.
After the speech of the BCB president, Media and Communication Committee Chairman Tanvir Ahmed Titu officially proposed the names of Durjoy-Debbroto as the president and secretary of CWAB.
The cricketers were asked to take part in the election but as no one responded, the names of Durjoy-Debbroto were proposed. They were chosen finally after all of the cricketers present here gave their support to the proposal.
Prior to this, CWAB had not included women cricketers. However from now on, women cricketers will get all the same facilities as CWAB members like male cricketers. The AGM and the Council were attended by several women cricketers including the women's team captain Nigar Sultana Joty.
Durjoy, who became president again, said, "The scope of our work will remain the same. But I will add a new addition to it. We have raised some requests or demands today also to the honorable board president which are related to the interests of the cricketers. We want to execute those as early as possible."k