Pilot tastes bitter experience in BCB election

DHAKA -Former Bangladesh cricket team captain Khaled
Mashud Pilot tasted a bitter experience in the 'Board of Directors' election
of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as he lost badly to his rivals Saiful
Alam Swapon Chowdhury.

   Both of them battled for one director post of the Rajshahi Division which
was under Categroy-1 that involved districts and divisions. Out of the nine
votes of this division, Swapon Chowdhury obtained seven votes while Pilot got
just two.

   This was however the hat-trick victory of Swapon Chowdhury in BCB
election, having won previously in 2013 and 2017. Pilot was councilor from
Rajshahi Division while Swapon Chowdhury came from Pabna district.

   A popular organizer of Pabna district, Swapon has been working as the
joint secretary of Pabna district sports body for a long time. He is also
associated with various social and cultural organizations including Dhruv-
Rudra Cricket Club, Pabna Rifle Club, former President of Rotary Club, life
Member of Uttaran Sahitya Asar.

   Despite the bitter experience in his first BCB election, Pilot said he
would continue to work for the development of cricket from outside the board.

   "I hope Rajshahi and Bangladesh cricket will get a very good service
through him (Swapon). I came up with my dream. Councilors may have trusted
him more, so they voted for him," Pilot said after his defeat.

   "I will try to stay with cricket. I've been there before, maybe I thought
I'd work on a larger scale. That may not have happened but I am always with
cricket. I always wish good luck to those who are keen to take Bangladesh
cricket further. My dream was that I would come. I will do something good. As
I played, I had a dream to take the cricket further. I hope for the best in the next time."BSS