Bangladesh gamers have a good time after Rishad Hossain bowled India’s Axar Patel throughout ICC Males’s Champions Trophy, Dubai Worldwide Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on February 20, 2025. — Reuters
Bangladesh is contemplating approaching the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to vary the venue of the ICC Males’s T20I World Cup, citing safety issues, Bangladeshi media reported on Saturday.
Bangladeshi media cited a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official, claiming that the choice relating to Bangladesh’s participation within the upcoming mega occasion can be made by the ICC and that the Tigers may observe Pakistan’s footsteps of enjoying all matches in Sri Lanka as a substitute of India, topic to the apex physique’s approval.
The official added that the BCB will increase the matter earlier than the ICC on the earliest.
Nevertheless, the officers shunned commenting on skilled left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s launch from the Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) squad for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, declaring it an inner matter.
“I cannot make any comment regarding the release of Mustafizur as this is their internal matter, but as far as taking part in the World Cup is concerned, it is an ICC event, and they will make the final call after taking everything into consideration,” the BCB official was quoted as saying.
Nevertheless, earlier as we speak, Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Devajit Saikia attributed the discharge of Mustafizur Rahman to ‘the unrest’ within the nation over permitting a Bangladesh participant to participate in IPL 2026, whereas asserting that it had instructed KKR to launch Rahman.
Bangladesh, slotted in Group C, are scheduled to begin their T20 World Cup 2026 marketing campaign towards the West Indies on February 7 on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which will even host their subsequent two group-stage fixtures towards Italy and England on February 9 and 14, respectively.
Bangladesh’s final group-stage fixture towards Nepal, nonetheless, is scheduled to be performed at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on February 17.
