After Bangladesh exit, Scotland say 'ready to play', prepare immediate India arrival

NEW DELHI: Cricket Scotland main enforcement Trudy Lindblade connected Saturday thanked the International Cricket Council for offering Scotland a spot successful adjacent month’s T20 World Cup pursuing Bangladesh’s withdrawal, saying the squad is present “preparing to get successful India immediately”.Scotland were officially confirmed arsenic Bangladesh’s replacement successful the 20-team tourney aft the second pulled retired citing information concerns, contempt the ICC maintaining that its assessments recovered nary circumstantial threat.

“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.She added: “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 are yet to denote their 15-member squad for the tournament, 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.Meanwhile, Cricket Scotland president Wilf Walsh revealed helium received a telephone from ICC president Jay Shah 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.Walsh besides thanked the ICC for the opportunity, adding: “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.”