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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has been instructed by its Sports Ministry to question the shifting of the country's T20 World Cup league games from India to Sri Lanka, arsenic determination are "concerns astir players' safety" pursuing Mustafizur Rahman's ouster from the IPL connected BCCI instructions.
The Shah Rukh Khan co-owned IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) released the Bangladesh left-arm pacer, who was bought for ₹9.20 crore aft a bidding warfare astatine past month's auctions successful Abu Dhabi, pursuing BCCI's diktat.
BCB president and erstwhile Bangladesh skipper Aminul Islam Bulbul refrained from making immoderate nationalist remark aft an Emergency committee gathering pursuing the development.
However, authorities advisor Asif Nazrul said helium has instructed the Board to inquire the Jay Shah-led ICC to displacement Bangladesh's 4 league games — 3 successful Kolkata and 1 successful Mumbai — to Sri Lanka.
"As the advisor successful complaint of the Ministry of Sports, I person instructed the Cricket Control Board to enactment the full substance successful penning and explicate it to the ICC," Mr. Nazrul wrote successful Bengali connected his Facebook page.
"The committee indispensable marque it wide that if a Bangladeshi cricketer, contempt being nether contract, cannot play successful India, past the Bangladesh nationalist squad cannot consciousness harmless travelling to India to play the World Cup.”
"I person besides directed the committee to formally petition that Bangladesh’s World Cup matches beryllium held successful Sri Lanka instead," helium further wrote.
Bangladesh's 4 league games are against West Indies (February 7), Italy (February 9), England (February 14) successful Kolkata, followed by their past crippled against Nepal (February 17) successful Mumbai.
A BCCI source, however, insisted that the displacement is adjacent to intolerable with conscionable a period near for the tournament.
"You can't conscionable alteration games astatine someone's whims and fancies. It is simply a logistical nightmare. Think astir absorption teams. Their aerial tickets, hotels are booked.”
"Also connected each days determination are 3 games each which means 1 crippled is successful Sri Lanka. There is broadcast crew. So it volition beryllium easier said than done," the BCCI root said.
India's arch foe Pakistan is already playing its World Cup games successful Sri Lanka arsenic per an knowing worked retired months ago.
The Indo-Bangladesh narration has plunged into chaos aft the ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India successful August past twelvemonth pursuing anti-government protests.
She was sentenced to decease successful absentia by a tribunal for her alleged relation successful a deadly crackdown during the agitation successful which respective students were killed.
Although the BCCI did not explicitly mention the existent governmental concern for its determination to question Rahman's release, it did accidental that the determination was triggered by what's been happening each around.
Hindus person been targetted for convulsive attacks since Hasina's ouster.
IPL broadcast to beryllium suspended successful Bangladesh?
Mr. Nazrul besides said that helium has requested the advisor for Bangladesh's Information and Broadcasting Ministry to guarantee that broadcast of IPL successful Bangladesh is suspended.
"I person requested the advisor for Information and Broadcasting to guarantee that the broadcast of the IPL successful Bangladesh is besides suspended.”
"Under nary circumstances volition we tolerate immoderate insult to Bangladeshi cricket, cricketers, oregon Bangladesh itself. The days of servitude are over," helium said.
There is simply a spot of disbelief successful the BCB corridors that things took specified a crook aft India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended erstwhile PM Khaleda Zia's ceremonial successful Dhaka.
"The BCB announced the docket for India's circuit of Bangladesh due to the fact that determination was a consciousness of positivity but present we request to get an authoritative confirmation from the Indian committee arsenic to wherefore Mustafizur's declaration was cancelled," a BCB root told PTI on conditions of anonymity.
"Till present BCCI hasn't communicated thing to BCB officially. Only aft authoritative connection volition BCB determine further people of action," the root said.
