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The conflict between him and the other board director, Nazmul Abedin Fahim, will be sorted soon and won’t happen again, said Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed after Fahim accused him of misbehaving and taking the decisions without consulting others.

After the fall of the Awami government on August 5 last year the then BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon and several other board directors went into hiding. Faruque and Fahim came to the board as two new directors while Faruque became the new BCB president. 

In a recent interview with two TV channels, Fahim said that Faruque misbehaved with him in front of other directors and officials from the ministry. 

‘Such a comment… I don’t want to specify what that was,’ said Fahim in an interview with Jamuna TV.

‘But that comment has disappointed me and has made me understand that the board president might not have been taking me in his confidence.’ 

‘I don’t know why the president has commented about me. I was surprised, and naturally I didn’t expect such a comment. That too in front of many people, including from the ministry as well as from the board and outside,’ added the veteran cricket coach and analyst. 

Fahim also said that the board would’ve functioned properly if the standing committee would’ve been sorted. 

In a separate interview with Ekattor TV, Fahim mentioned that there has been some conflict between him and the board president about the position of the head of the cricket operations. 

‘Either one of us must be in an important department like cricket operations,’ said Fahim after being asked whether the conflict was true.

‘If the current board president wasn’t elected as the board president, I’d have recommended him for the position. As he’s now the board president, we don’t have any options left. And I think I’m capable of doing this job.’ 

Fahim also said that he conveyed his message in this regard to the advisor to the ministry of youth and sports. 

 ‘And I’ve told the ministry that, to tell you frankly, I told the advisor that if I didn’t get the job, I would be very hurt,’ he said.

‘Then I will be thinking that we’re not doing the right job. That doesn’t mean I must’ve got the job. But my mindset is simple: if I’m not happy, then I don›t do that job. That I’ve shown before.’

Faruque, also former national team captain, said that any matter can be solved by discussion. 

‘We have new directors on this board—one in me, who is the board president, and there’s another [Fahim],’ Faruque told the reporters in Sylhet, where the second phase of the BPL is set to begin on Sunday. 

‘The thing is, from my playing days, I always think that any matter can be solved by discussion,’ said Faruque.

And if there’s any discontent… You can see that not everyone is a best friend in a team. And if we can make this right, then everything is good.’ 

‘As we both are new directors, we’ve been trying to do maximum work by ourselves. In that case, maybe there was some communication gap in recent times. Because I›d have to make many decisions by myself rather than asking everyone every time. [I think] there were some communication gaps while taking some emergency decisions. I’ve discussed it, and I hope it will be solved,’ added Faruque. 

Faruque also reiterated the fact that any issues of such sort won’t be seen in the future.

‘If there’s no major issue, then we will be able to sort it out.’

Fahim, who is also in Sylhet, however, didn’t want to share his thoughts about the issue with  the reporters.