According to the new rotation policy of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Bangladesh will have to wait until 2026 to get an President of the organization.
An ICC meeting in Barbados confirmed the rotation policy which showed that Bangladesh’s turn will come last among the all Test playing nations.

Before Bangladesh gets its chance to nominate its next ICC president, at least two representatives of associate countries will also head the cricket oversight body.

Bangladesh’s AHM Mustafa Kamal headed the ICC for a period of nine months from July 2014 to March 2015 before he stepped down following a controversy over umpiring in a ICC World Cup 2015 quarterfinal match between Bangladesh and India where the Tigers eventually had to suffer a defeat.

However Bangladesh still had the chance to fill the position with another person but they declined the opportunity. Thereafter the ICC did not take any replacement for the remaining three months of his tenure.

Under the new rotation policy, Pakistan got its first chance to nominate a ICC president. Accordingly, the nomination of former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas was accepted in the annual conference on Wednesday in Barbados.

Abbas will assume the role in July for tenure of one-year. After his tenure, cricket boards of South Africa, Zimbabwe, West Indies and England will have the chance to nominate the president for a year successively before associate/affiliate members will enjoy the honour for 2020-21 and 2021-22.

For next four years the honour shall go to India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand before Bangladesh gets back the chance on 2026-27.

The post of ICC president was made ceremonial last year and all executive power was handed to its chairman. The ICC recently said the decision will encourage the revered former cricketers for the post.

Accordingly Pakistan’s initial nominee Najam Sethi withdrew his candidature paving the way for Abbas, the only Asian cricketer to score over 100 first-class centuries, to assume the role.