Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman (fourth from proper) celebrates taking a wicket with teammates throughout their ACC Males’s T20 Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match towards Sri Lanka on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 20, 2025. — AFPSri Lanka requestsmatches be held outdoors India over safety considerations.Scotland set to be named substitute crew primarily based on present rankings.Pakistan stresses no nation ought to face stress, threats from India.
Bangladesh’s participation within the 2026 T20 World Cup, and particularly whether or not the crew travels to India, will reportedly be determined by January 21, following discussions in Dhaka the place the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) reportedly conveyed a deadline to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
Through the second assembly in every week with the ICC on Saturday, the BCB reiterated its intention to play within the T20 World Cup however requested matches be held outdoors India over safety considerations, suggesting co-host Sri Lanka as a substitute.
The ICC, nonetheless, rejected the request, retaining Bangladesh in Group C and assuring there is no such thing as a safety risk to the crew whereas touring and taking part in in India, ESPNcricinfo reported.
The report claimed that the highest cricketing physique additionally turned down the BCB’s request to maneuver Bangladesh to Group B, swapping locations with Eire.
It emerged that the ICC will look forward to the BCB’s choice concerning participation within the match, and if Bangladesh chooses to not journey to India, Scotland is about to be named the substitute crew primarily based on present rankings.
The problem has remained unresolved for practically three weeks after the BCB first formally conveyed its considerations on January 4.
With the T20 World Cup scheduled to start on February 7, Bangladesh are at the moment slated to play their opening match towards West Indies in Kolkata, adopted by two extra group video games on the similar venue, earlier than concluding their group-stage fixtures in Mumbai.
The dispute traces again to the removing of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman from Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL 2026 squad on directions from the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), with none official clarification.
This growth was adopted by the Bangladesh authorities banning the published of the IPL within the nation, after which the BCB formally knowledgeable the ICC of its refusal to play T20 World Cup matches in India — a place it has maintained since.
It was additionally learnt on Saturday that Pakistan is anticipated to reassess its participation within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 in India-Sri Lanka, following growing considerations associated to the Bangladesh cricket crew.
They added that Pakistan helps Bangladesh’s authentic considerations, emphasising that they need to be addressed and acted upon.
Pakistan has additionally confused that no nation ought to face stress or threats from India, assuring Bangladesh of its full assist on the matter.
