DHAKA: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday accepted the resignation of its president Mustafa Kamal, who quit the position to protest what he called a constitutional violation by the governing body.

“The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that Mr Mustafa Kamal has tendered his resignation as the ICC president with immediate effect,” the ICC said in a statement.

In his resignation letter to the ICC chief executive David Richardson, Kamal said he was stepping down on personal grounds and offered his apologies to all associated with the ICC, while adding that he had no complaints to make against anyone.

“Let the game of cricket under the leadership of ICC touch the hearts and minds of every cricket lover,” he was quoted as saying by the ICC.

The ICC Board will now consider the vacant position of the ICC president at its forthcoming meeting in Dubai April on 15 and 16.

BDST: 2206 HRS, APR 01, 2015