Bangladesh is adamant on its demand to play its matches of T20 World Cup 2026 outside India. ICC talked to Bangladesh Cricket Board but it refused to agree. The ICC on Tuesday requested the Bangladesh Cricket Board to reconsider its demand, which the BCB rejected. In a statement, BCB said that the ICC's views have not been accepted by the board and now both sides will try to find a solution. Due to security concerns, BCB has written emails to ICC several times demanding that its World Cup matches be moved out of India, but the schedule of the T20 tournament starting from February 7 has already been decided and ICC is also not ready to back down.
BCB informed about the conversation held with ICC through video conferencing. BCB issued a statement saying that it is committed to protecting its players, officials and staff. Talks are going on with ICC to resolve this matter. Although the BCB considers the trip to India unsafe for its players, the ICC report does not mention any danger to the team for participating in the tournament. On behalf of BCB, its President Aminul Islam and CEO Nizam Uddin Chaudhary and other senior officials were present in the video conference held with ICC on Tuesday.
Bangladesh has to play matches in Kolkata and Mumbai in the T20 World Cup to be held in India. These two venues can be changed but it is difficult to organize Bangladesh matches in Sri Lanka. Now it remains to be seen what decision the ICC takes in this matter. Let us tell you that this whole game started when KKR dropped Mustafizur Rahman on the instructions of BCCI. Rahman was bought by KKR for Rs 9.2 crore but later he was dropped. After this BCB banned IPL in Bangladesh.
