Mustafizur row: Bangladesh won't travel to India for T20 WC

NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided that Bangladesh's cricket squad volition not question to India for the upcoming T20 World Cup. The determination was taken astatine a gathering held connected Sunday afternoon, which was attended by 17 members of the Board of Directors, according to a study by Bangladeshi quality outlet Prothom Alo.The contented was discussed successful the backdrop of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s exclusion from the Indian Premier League (IPL). BCB directors had earlier held an online gathering connected Saturday nighttime to sermon the matter.

At that point, astir of the directors were successful favour of not taking immoderate strict step. However, the Prothom Alo study said that aft involution from the government, the committee reviewed its stance and changed the decision.The improvement comes aft Mustafizur Rahman was released by IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pursuing instructions from the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI), amid rising diplomatic hostility betwixt India and Bangladesh.KKR had bought the 30-year-old left-arm pacer for Rs 9.20 crore astatine the players’ auction past month. His basal terms was Rs 2 crore, and the bidding progressive Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals.The BCCI said KKR volition beryllium allowed to sanction a replacement subordinate if needed for the tournament, which is scheduled to statesman connected March 26.India and Sri Lanka are the associated hosts of the 2026 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. As per the docket released truthful far, Bangladesh are slated to play West Indies successful Kolkata connected February 7, which is the opening time of the tournament.Bangladesh’s remaining 3 group-stage matches are besides scheduled to instrumentality spot successful Kolkata and Mumbai.Earlier connected Sunday, the Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a 15-member squad for the World Cup, with Liton Das named arsenic captain.