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Bangladesh government's sports advisor Asif Nazrul connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) reiterated that nether nary information would the nationalist squad question to India for the T20 World Cup, contempt an ultimatum from the International Cricket Council to the Bangladesh Cricket Board connected deciding their information by January 21.
If BCB remains adamant connected not travelling to India for the 20-team tournament, Scotland are apt to regenerate Bangladesh arsenic per existent rankings.
"I americium not alert that Scotland volition beryllium included successful our place. If the ICC bows to unit from the Indian Cricket Board and tries to enforce unit connected america by mounting unreasonable conditions, we volition not judge those conditions," Mr. Nazrul told reporters.
"In the past, determination are examples that Pakistan said that they volition not question to India and ICC changed the venue. We person asked to alteration the venue connected logical crushed and we cannot beryllium pressurised to play successful India by putting illogical pressure," helium added.
The situation was triggered by the removal of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman from Kolkata Knight Riders' roster for this year's Indian Premier League connected BCCI's instructions for unspecified "developments each around".
Citing information concerns and nationalist pride, the BCB responded by announcing its nationalist squad won't question to India for its radical signifier games successful Kolkata and Mumbai.
BCB wants to play each of the 4 radical signifier matches successful Sri Lanka, wherever the marquee India-Pakistan clash volition besides beryllium held arsenic per the mutually agreed statement for ICC events until 2027.
Bangladesh are presently placed successful Group C on with the West Indies, Italy, England, and Nepal.
In their past gathering with ICC officials successful Dhaka, the BCB had projected swapping positions with Ireland successful Group B, which features tourney co-hosts Sri Lanka, Australia, Oman, and Zimbabwe.
Such a determination would let Bangladesh to stay successful Sri Lanka for entirety of its radical signifier engagements.
While the BCB considers it unsafe for its players to question to India, the ICC's hazard appraisal study did not emblem immoderate circumstantial oregon nonstop menace to the team's information successful the World Cup.
The bilateral relations betwixt India and Bangladesh person deteriorated successful caller months, exacerbated by the killings of Hindus successful Bangladesh.
Former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal and existent Test skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto person cautioned against a precise hard-line attack connected the arguable subject, with the erstwhile saying that decisions taken contiguous would person repercussions 10 years down the line.
