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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) connected Thursday (January 8, 2026) formally sent a 2nd connection to the ICC, explaining the specific information concerns astir travelling to India for the T20 World Cup portion reiterating its request for a alteration of venue to Sri Lanka.
The World Cup gets underway connected February 7 and Bangladesh are scheduled to play 4 games (three successful Kolkata and 1 successful Mumbai).
They person refused to question to India aft pacer Mustafizur Rahman was released from the IPL connected instructions of the BCCI, which cited unspecified "developments each around" to warrant the decision.
"Following discussions with Sports Ministry advisor Asif Nazrul, the BCB has erstwhile again sent a connection to the ICC. The ICC wanted to cognize areas of interest with regards to information and BCB has cited them," a root adjacent to the cricket committee told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
However, helium did not elaborate connected the specifics of the letter.
The improvement comes amid sustained back-and-forth betwixt the BCB and the ICC implicit Bangladesh's participation. The planetary assemblage has maintained a stoic soundlessness truthful acold and has sought clarity connected the nonstop quality of the information apprehensions being flagged by the Dhaka-based board.
It is understood that the BCB itself is divided connected the issue.
While 1 conception of the committee is backing Nazrul's hardline stance connected the matter, different radical is successful favour of keeping channels of treatment unfastened with the ICC and Indian authorities.
They are stressing connected the request for enhanced and foolproof information arrangements for the full Bangladesh squad during its enactment successful India.
Nazrul, who has been vocal successful his disapproval of India successful the past, is learnt to person pushed a much uncompromising line, a marked departure from the BCB's traditionally cordial moving narration with the BCCI.
Mustafizur's release followed incidents involving attacks connected minorities successful Bangladesh.
As of now, the ICC hasn't fixed immoderate denotation that it would displacement Bangladesh's venues from Kolkata and Mumbai to Colombo.
The BCB has, however, asserted that the ICC has shown willingness to enactment with it successful assessing the information concerns.
