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Cricket Scotland’s main enforcement Trudy Lindblade connected Saturday (January 24, 2026), expressed gratitude towards the International Cricket Council for inviting her state to adjacent month’s T20 World Cup successful spot of Bangladesh, adding that they are “preparing to get successful India immediately”.
Scotland were connected Saturday (January 24) confirmed arsenic replacement of Bangladesh who pulled retired of the 20-team tourney citing information concerns contempt the ICC insisting that determination were nary threats into their assessment.
“Earlier contiguous I received correspondence from the ICC asking if our men’s squad would play astatine the Men’s T20 World Cup, and we person accepted,” Lindblade said connected Cricket Scotland’s website.
“We are grateful to the ICC for extending this invite. This is an breathtaking accidental for Scotland’s players to vie connected the planetary signifier successful beforehand of millions of supporters. We besides admit this accidental has arisen retired of challenging and unsocial circumstances.
“Our squad person been grooming for immoderate weeks successful mentation for upcoming tours and are present preparing to get successful India imminently to acclimatise to section conditions, acceptable to play and lend to what should beryllium a fantastic ICC Men’s T20 World Cup,” she added.
Scotland, however, volition request immoderate clip to denote their 15-member squad for the tourney which begins connected February 7.
“The ICC has confirmed Scotland volition regenerate Bangladesh successful Group C, aft Bangladesh withdrew from the competition. Details astir squad enactment for the tourney volition beryllium shared successful the coming days,” Cricket Scotland said.
Cricket Scotland president Wilf Walsh said helium received a telephone from ICC president Jay Shah connected confirming Scotland’s participation.
“I welcomed a telephone from ICC Chair Jay Shah earlier contiguous confirming that Scotland volition person an invitation to play astatine the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. I was pleased to judge connected behalf of our team, who are consenting and acceptable to go,” helium said.
“We convey the ICC for this accidental and look guardant to competing with immoderate of the champion sides successful the satellite successful India successful the coming weeks,” Mr. Walsh added.
