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NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) connected Sunday announced a 15-member squad, with Litton Das named captain, for adjacent month’s T20 World Cup, hours aft it was instructed by the country’s sports ministry to question the shifting of the team’s league games from India to Sri Lanka.The BCB has been told by the sports ministry to petition the relocation of Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup league matches from India to Sri Lanka owed to “concerns astir players’ safety” pursuing Mustafizur Rahman’s ouster from the IPL connected BCCI instructions.
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Bangladesh’s 4 league games are scheduled against West Indies (February 7), Italy (February 9) and England (February 14) successful Kolkata, followed by their last lucifer against Nepal (February 17) successful Mumbai.
The T20 showpiece volition beryllium jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.Das continues arsenic captain, portion pacer Taskin Ahmed returned to the broadside aft missing the caller Ireland series. Ahmed volition spouse Mustafizur Rahman — who was also, arsenic expected, named successful the squad — successful the gait department.
“The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the nationalist squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, to beryllium jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka from 7 February to 8 March,” the BCB said connected ‘X’.
Following the BCCI’s diktat, Shah Rukh Khan co-owned IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) connected Saturday released Rahman, who was bought for Rs 9.20 crore aft a bidding warfare astatine past month’s auction successful Abu Dhabi.The improvement prompted Bangladesh authorities advisor Asif Nazrul to instruct the BCB to inquire the Jay Shah-led ICC to displacement Bangladesh’s 4 league games to Sri Lanka. However, a BCCI root insisted that specified a determination is adjacent to intolerable with conscionable a period remaining earlier the tournament.Although the BCCI did not explicitly mention the existent governmental concern successful Bangladesh for seeking Rahman’s release, it said the determination was triggered by “what’s been happening each around.”BANGLADESH SQUAD:Litton Das (Captain), Mohammed Saif Hassan (Vice Captain), Tanzid Hasan, Mohammad Parvez Hossain Emon, Tawhid Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Qazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shak Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib, Taskin Ahmed, Md Shaifuddin, Shoriful Islam
