Election of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will be held on October 6.

The election commission announced its date along with election schedule after obtaining the list of councilors on Tuesday night.

Twenty three directors will be elected through votes from these 171 councillors while the National Sports Council, the sports regulatory body in Bangladesh, will select the remaining two directors.

It will be the seventh BCB elections as earlier election been held in 1998, 2001, 2005, 2009 and 2013, 2017 while before the 2013 polls BCB president was selected by Bangladesh government.