India, Jan. 9 -- Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) finance committee chairman M Nazmul Islam has triggered a controversy after he called the nation's cricket icon Tamim Iqbal an 'Indian agent'.

Nazmul shared a recent comment from Tamim, in which the former opener urged the BCB to carefully consider all aspects before taking any decision regarding Bangladesh's participation in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup, noting that a major portion of the board's revenue comes from the ICC, reported The Daily Star.

"A comment made by BCB director M Nazmul Islam regarding former national captain Tamim Iqbal has come to the attention of the Cricketers' Welfare Association of Bangladesh (CWAB). We are stunned, shocked and outraged by it," CWAB said in a ...