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Bangladesh Cricket squad players (left) and Jay Shah
The ICC is considering enactment against Bangladesh aft the state refused to circuit India for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, quality bureau ANI reported connected Friday, quoting sources.
ICC president Jay Shah is presently successful Dubai, wherever a last determination connected the substance is expected.The improvement comes a time aft Bangladesh declined to nonstop its nationalist squad to India for adjacent month’s T20 World Cup aft the ICC rejected its petition to displacement matches retired of the country. The refusal has opened the anticipation of Scotland replacing Bangladesh successful the tournament.The ICC had earlier issued an ultimatum to Bangladesh connected Wednesday, asking it to either hold to question to India oregon hazard being replaced.
The satellite assemblage said determination was nary credible menace to the information of Bangladesh players, officials oregon fans. Bangladesh was fixed clip until Thursday to respond. Scotland is adjacent successful enactment based connected rankings for the tournament, which begins connected February 7 successful India and Sri Lanka.After a gathering with nationalist squad players, Bangladesh sports advisor Asif Nazrul said Thursday that the ICC’s information appraisal was not acceptable to them.
"While our cricketers person worked hard to suffice for the World Cup, the information hazard regarding playing successful India remains unchanged. This interest is not based connected abstract analysis...," Nazrul said astatine a property league portion announcing that Bangladesh would not play successful India."...we are not convinced that they tin guarantee the information of our full team, journalists, and spectators.""We are not giving up anticipation yet; our squad is ready. We expect the ICC to supply justness by considering our genuine information risks and allowing america to play successful Sri Lanka," helium added.The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has besides approached the ICC’s autarkic Dispute Resolution Committee (DRC) seeking relocation of Bangladesh’s matches extracurricular India for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, according to The Daily Star.The ICC Dispute Resolution Committee is an autarkic arbitration assemblage that deals with disputes involving the ICC, its subordinate boards, players and officials.If Bangladesh withdraws from the tournament, Scotland is apt to regenerate them based connected existent rankings.The contented began aft Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman was removed from Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 play connected the BCCI’s instructions, citing unspecified “developments each around”.Following Rahman’s removal, the BCB said its squad would not question to India for its T20 World Cup radical matches scheduled successful Kolkata and Mumbai, citing information concerns.The BCB has sought support to play each 4 of its group-stage matches successful Sri Lanka, wherever the India-Pakistan lucifer volition besides beryllium played nether the agreed hybrid statement for ICC events until 2027.
