New Delhi, April 8 -- Days after Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) reached out to BCCI requesting the revival of bilateral ties, former skipper and current president of BCB Aminul Islam Bulbul was on Tuesday removed by the country's National Sports Council (NSC), which formed an ad-hoc committee to run the day-to-day affairs till fresh elections are held.

According to sources in the BCB, Bulbul was sacked primarily due to the fiasco during the T20 World Cup 2026 where erstwhile interim government advisor Asif Nazrul literally held the former skipper hostage and didn't allow the national team to visit India for the global event.

Anti-India hardliner Nazrul's objective was to shift Bangladesh's games from Kolkata and Mumbai to Sri Lanka as a...