Pakistan offers to host Bangladesh's T20 WC matches amid standoff with India

With questions inactive unresolved implicit Bangladesh’s information successful the T20 World Cup, Pakistan has stepped successful with an alternate proposal, offering to big Bangladesh’s matches if they are not played successful India oregon Sri Lanka.The Pakistan Cricket Board has supported Bangladesh’s refusal to play its T20 World Cup matches successful India owed to "security concerns" and has conveyed to the ICC that it is consenting to big Bangladesh’s games. The connection was made done an authoritative connection to the planetary body.The ICC Board is scheduled to conscionable connected Wednesday to reportedly instrumentality a last determination connected Bangladesh’s information successful the tournament, including whether the squad volition question to India for the lawsuit starting February 7.Bangladesh are scheduled to play each 4 of their group-stage matches successful India, with 3 fixtures successful Kolkata and 1 successful Mumbai.However, the Bangladesh Cricket Board, with backing from the government, has stood steadfast connected its presumption and has asked for its matches to beryllium shifted to co-host Sri Lanka."The PCB has said successful the email that the request by the Bangladesh committee is justified and indispensable beryllium accepted and that if determination are immoderate issues moving Bangladesh matches to Sri Lanka, Pakistan is acceptable to big each their games," a PCB root was quoted arsenic saying by the quality bureau PTI.

The ICC and the BCB person held respective rounds of talks connected the matter, including a gathering successful Dhaka past weekend, but neither broadside has shifted its stance.While the ICC has maintained that the tourney should spell up arsenic per the existing schedule, the BCB has reiterated that it cannot nonstop its squad to India.The PCB has not issued immoderate nationalist connection connected the issue, though aggregate reports person suggested that the Bangladesh authorities had approached Pakistan to question enactment astatine the ICC level.Pakistan is acceptable to play each its ain matches successful Sri Lanka nether a hybrid statement agreed upon by the BCCI, ICC and PCB until 2027.The concern involving Bangladesh escalated aft Kolkata Knight Riders released accelerated bowler Mustafizur Rahman pursuing a directive from the BCCI that cited "recent developments each around".After that decision, the Bangladesh authorities banned the broadcast of the IPL, and the BCB formally informed the ICC of its determination not to play its World Cup matches successful India.