'India is not safe for us': BCB's final word as they say 'accept ICC's decision'

The Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed connected Saturday that it has accepted the ICC’s determination to regenerate its nationalist squad with Scotland successful adjacent month’s T20 World Cup, conceding that it had exhausted each disposable options.Earlier successful the day, the ICC officially announced Scotland arsenic Bangladesh’s replacement for the tournament, which volition beryllium jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka. The determination came aft Bangladesh maintained its refusal to question to India, citing information concerns contempt an autarkic information appraisal uncovering nary circumstantial menace to the team.

BCB media committee president Amjad Hossain said the committee had made repeated efforts to resoluteness the contented but yet had to respect the ICC’s stance.“We person tried our best. We afloat respect the ICC Board, and the Board’s bulk determination was that the lucifer cannot beryllium relocated,” helium said.Hossain explained that adjacent aft the archetypal rejection, the BCB continued to prosecute alternatives. “Even aft that, we tried successful our ain mode and made requests. Since they volition not bash it oregon bash not privation to, determination is thing much we tin do,” Hossain added.Accepting the outcome, helium stated, “We person accepted the ICC Board’s decision, arsenic the ICC has said that we volition not beryllium capable to spell and play, nor tin our lucifer beryllium shifted to Sri Lanka.”

Hossain besides made it wide that the committee would not escalate the substance further done ineligible oregon arbitration channels. “In this case, we cannot spell to India to play, and our stance remains the same. We are not going into immoderate abstracted arbitration oregon immoderate different process here.He further revealed that the determination was guided by the Bangladesh government, saying, “We person spoken with the government. The authorities has said that going to India to play successful the World Cup would not beryllium harmless for us, for our players, journalists, oregon anyone accompanying the team,” Hossain said.According to Hossain, the BCB had projected relocating their matches to Sri Lanka aft receiving the government’s advice. “In that case, we requested that our lucifer beryllium shifted to Sri Lanka. However, the ICC did not hold to that, adjacent aft respective rounds of meetings. Since the ICC did not respond, determination is not overmuch we tin bash due to the fact that this is the government’s decision.The BCB had besides approached the ICC with an alternate connection to determination Bangladesh from Group C to Group B, but some requests were turned down. The ICC Board had earlier agreed that if Bangladesh failed to unafraid clearance from its government, the squad would beryllium replaced successful the tournament.Reiterating the reasoning down Bangladesh’s stance, Hossain said, "Due to information concerns, playing successful India is not harmless for us, and that is wherefore this determination has been taken,” helium added.