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The Pakistan Cricket Board has reportedly backed Bangladesh's stance of refusing to play its T20 World Cup matches successful India owed to "security concerns" successful a connection to the ICC.
The ICC Board is scheduled to meet connected Wednesday (January 21, 2026) to instrumentality a last telephone connected Bangladesh's information successful the T20 World Cup, including whether the squad volition question to India for the tourney starting February 7.
Bangladesh are slated to play each 4 of their group-stage matches successful India, with the archetypal 3 scheduled successful Kolkata and the remaining 1 successful Mumbai.
However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board, supported by its government, has remained adamant and sought a displacement of its matches to co-hosts Sri Lanka.
On the eve of the ICC meeting, the PCB wrote to the planetary assemblage stating that it supports the BCB's stance, citing governmental instability successful the portion and has copied each ICC Board members connected the letter, according to ESPNCricinfo.
The ICC and the BCB person held aggregate discussions connected the issue, including a gathering successful Dhaka past weekend, but neither broadside has changed its position.
While the ICC has insisted that the tourney beryllium held arsenic per schedule, the BCB has maintained that it cannot nonstop their squad to India.
The PCB has not made immoderate nationalist remark connected the substance though Board sources person said that the Bangladesh authorities had contacted Pakistan for enactment successful the ICC.
Pakistan volition beryllium playing each their matches successful Sri Lanka nether a hybrid exemplary statement with the BCCI and ICC till 2027.
The situation related to Bangladesh began aft Kolkata Knight Riders released pacer Mustafizur Rahman pursuing a directive from the BCCI, which referred to "recent developments each around".
Subsequently, the Bangladesh authorities banned the broadcast of the IPL, and the BCB formally informed the ICC of its determination of not playing World Cup matches successful India.
