Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Mustafa Kamal said on Wednesday he is resigning from the post of president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) over who should have given away the World Cup trophy to the fifth-time winners Australia on Sunday.

At a press conference here, Kamal said he was resigning to protest the “flagrant violation” of the ICC constitution, and his decision was “final” and “not negotiable”, reports bdnews24.com.

Kamal earlier voiced his dissatisfaction, saying the ICC had denied him of his right to hand out the trophy to the champions, but dismissed “rumours” on March 22 that he was resigning from the ICC post.

Kamal’s resignation in a huff follows a massive spat between him and ICC chairman N. Srinivasan, who broke the ICC rule and himself presented the glittering World Cup to winners Australia at the prize-giving ceremony after the final at Melbourne last Sunday.

According to ICC’s amendment of rules in January 2015, the president is to hand out the trophy. But in a breach of the constitution, Srinivasan presented the trophy to Australian captain Michael Clarke after the match Sunday.

Australia defeated fellow tournament co-hosts New Zealand by seven wickets at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.

Srinivasan used Kamal’s outburst against what the Bangladeshi official alleged was poor umpiring in the India-Bangladesh quarter-finals match, and got others to support his decision to himself present the trophy to the winners.

Kamal was not on the dais during the presentation ceremony and Srinivasan was booed heavily by sections of the 93,000-strong crowd at the MCG.

He had earlier threatened to reveal some of the ICC’s “dark secrets” following the spat.

“From now on, I am a former president of the ICC. I would have reacted similarly had it happened to any other country,” Kamal said at the airport on his return from the tournament in Australia.

Kamal criticised the umpires in the quarter final, and questioned their partiality over a disputed no-ball against India batsman Rohit Sharma.

Kamal said he spoke as a fan, and not the president, but International Cricket Council chief executive Dave Richardson termed the criticism as “unfortunate,” and said the umpires were beyond question.

Kamal also said the ICC asked him to either withdraw his statement or apologise for his outburst, otherwise he would be denied the duty of handing the World Cup trophy to the winning captain at the final.

“I told them during the meeting that I did not speak against any particular person or a country. Why should I apologise?,” Kamal said.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday officially protested to the ICC over controversial rulings by umpires against Bangladesh during their World Cup quarter-final against India.

BCB chief executive officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury said on Tuesday the board had lodged its protest on the day after the March 19 match.