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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) connected Saturday (January 17, 2026) asked the ICC to swap its nationalist squad with Ireland successful Group C during the upcoming T20 World Cup successful bid to play successful Sri Lanka alternatively of India.
Bangladesh are presently placed successful Group C on with the West Indies, Italy, England, and Nepal and are scheduled to play their matches successful Kolkata and Mumbai.
Ireland are successful Group B alongside Sri Lanka, Australia, Oman, and Zimbabwe and their matches are scheduled successful Colombo and Pallekele.
The two-member ICC team, consisting of Gaurav Saxena, General Manager, Events and Corporate Communications, and Andrew Ephgrave, General Manager, Integrity Unit, was successful Dhaka to person BCB astir the information arrangements successful India and to travel the archetypal schedule.
“The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) contiguous held a gathering with representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) to sermon matters relating to Bangladesh’s information successful the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026,” said the BCB successful a merchandise aft the gathering with ICC delegates.
Mr. Ephgrave attended the gathering successful idiosyncratic but Mr. Saxena joined virtually aft helium failed to unafraid a Bangladesh visa successful time.
“During the discussions, the BCB reiterated its ceremonial petition to the ICC to relocate Bangladesh’s matches to Sri Lanka. The Board besides shared the Bangladesh Government’s views and concerns connected information and information of the team, Bangladeshi fans, media and different stakeholders,” the BCB added.
From the BCB’s side, President Mohammad Aminul Islam, Vice Presidents Md Shakawath Hossain and Faruque Ahmed, Director and Chairman of Cricket Operations Committee Nazmul Abedeen and Chief Executive Officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury attended the meeting.
However, it is learnt that the ICC is reluctant to judge Bangladesh's demand, considering the logical constraints and the tremendous changes to the itinerary to beryllium made heavy into the tournament.
Bangladesh has been asking the planetary governing assemblage to relocate its World Cup matches, scheduled to beryllium held successful Kolkata and Mumbai, connected the pretext of a perceived information menace to its players.
The BCB raised this request aft nationalist squad pacer Mustafizur Rahman was abruptly delinked from his IPL contract with the Kolkata Knight Riders pursuing a BCCI directive.
The BCB indicated that much dialog volition travel soon to find an amicable solution to the impasse.
“The discussions were conducted successful a constructive, cordial and nonrecreational manner, with each parties engaging openly connected the applicable issues.
“Among different points, the anticipation of moving Bangladesh to a antithetic radical arsenic a means of facilitating the substance with minimum logistical adjustments was discussed. The BCB and the ICC person agreed to proceed engaging successful constructive dialog connected this matter,” it noted.
