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A hopeless Bangladesh Cricket Board has written to the Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) of ICC requesting it to overturn the governing body's determination to clasp the nationalist men's team's T20 World Cup games successful India but its entreaty won't beryllium heard arsenic it is extracurricular the remit of the sub-committee.
Even arsenic the ICC has kept Scotland connected stand-by, the BCB nether Aminul Islam Bulbul, aft being wholly cornered, decided to usage its past edifice — attack the DRC headed by Englishman Michael Beloff (Kings Counsel).
"Yes, BCB has approached the DRC of ICC arsenic it wants to exhaust each its options. If DRC rules against BCB, past the lone assemblage that tin beryllium approached is Court of Arbitration of Sports (CAS) successful Switzerland," a BCB root told PTI on the information of anonymity.
Bangladesh's interim authorities and its Sports Ministry advisor and anti-India hardliner Asif Nazrul had announced that the team wouldn't question to India owed to "security reasons" aft elder pacer Mustafizur Rahaman was removed from the Kolkata Knight Riders squad connected BCCI's diktat.
If 1 checks the ICC's Constitution and 'Terms of Reference' for the Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC), past it volition go wide that it doesn't person immoderate close to perceive an entreaty against a determination passed by the Board of Directors of the planetary body.
While the ICC Board of Directors emphatically voted 14-2 successful favour of keeping Bangladesh's matches successful India aft an autarkic information appraisal which cited information menace being "low to moderate", Nazrul maintained that it wasn't the BCB but the authorities which is mandated to instrumentality the decision.
As per clause 1.3 of Terms of Reference of DRC: "The Committee shall not run arsenic an entreaty assemblage against decisions of the ICC oregon immoderate determination making assemblage established nether the ICC's Memorandum and Articles of Association oregon nether immoderate rules oregon regulations of the ICC..."
An ICC committee root said: "Bangladesh tin attack the DRC but if 1 looks astatine the rules, the lawsuit can't adjacent heard arsenic the committee doesn't person the remit to perceive an entreaty which is against the determination made by the Board of Directors."
It is understood that ICC president Jay Shah, who was successful Namibia for the U19 World Cup, is successful Dubai present and a ceremonial determination connected Bangladesh's replacement would beryllium announced by Saturday (January 24, 2026).
"The ICC Board Members are highly aggravated with Aminul Islam Bulbul arsenic to wherefore earlier informing the planetary body, a property league was held. Asif Nazrul is simply a persona-non-grata for the ICC but Bulbul shouldn't person allowed a property league earlier informing their determination to the ICC," the root told PTI.
The ICC's DRC acts according to the British instrumentality and 1 of its astir caller verdicts nether Beloff came successful 2018 erstwhile it had summarily rejected Pakistan Cricket Board's $70 cardinal compensation assertion against the BCCI for allegedly not honouring an statement to play bilateral bid successful Pakistan.
The DRC successful its verdict had termed that what PCB backmost past had called a "Memorandum of Understanding" betwixt 2 nations was simply a "letter of intent" which wasn't binding connected the BCCI.
The DRC usually checks if the ICC Board person followed each rules arsenic per its instrumentality and accordingly gives its verdict. It is not an appeals body.
Apart from Beloff, others see Mike Heron (Kings Counsel), Justice Winston Anderson, some of whom are Independent Code of Conduct Commission representative. The autarkic lawyers are Deon van Zyl (South Africa), Gary Roberts (Americas), Guo Cai (Asia), EAP Anabelle Bennett, Jean Paulsson (Europe), Peter Nicholson (Ethics Officer). Vijay Malhotra (Chair of Audit Committee) and Sally Clark (Management Support) are besides portion of the 11-member committee.
