'Security risk situation has not changed': B'desh remains defiant, says no T20 WC matches in India

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh has refused to question for the upcoming World Cup successful India, citing information concerns. Bangladesh's sports advisor Asif connected Thursday criticised cricket’s governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), for failing to code Bangladesh’s grievances.

Addressing a property league successful Dhaka, Youth and Sports advisor Nazrul stressed that assessing imaginable information risks for citizens travelling overseas is the sole work of the acrophobic authorities and not a substance for outer parties to determine.

“There is nary scope to alteration our decision. We are not giving up yet. Our squad is ready, and we inactive anticipation that the ICC volition present justice. We privation the ICC to instrumentality our genuine information hazard into information and let america to play successful Sri Lanka,” Asif Nazrul said aft a gathering with Bangladesh squad cricketers and BCB officials.“There has been nary alteration successful the information hazard concern regarding playing successful India astatine present. This interest is not based connected immoderate abstract oregon hypothetical idea; rather, it stems from a existent incidental successful which the Indian cricket committee failed to supply information to 1 of our apical players, Mustafizur Rahman, nether unit from extremists, and helium was asked to permission India.“Since the Indian cricket committee is efficaciously an extended limb of the authorities and could not guarantee the information of adjacent a azygous player, nary assurance has been fixed by the ICC oregon the Indian authorities that they would beryllium capable to warrant the information of our full team, journalists, and spectators,” helium added.

Supporting the government’s position, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam Bulbul said the committee remains resolute successful its demand.“A satellite organisation cannot enforce a 24-hour ultimatum. We volition support fighting,” said Bulbul.“Bangladesh is simply a cricket-loving nation. If a state of astir 200 cardinal radical misses the World Cup, the ICC volition suffer a immense audience.“Cricket is entering the Olympics successful 2028, Brisbane successful 2032, with India bidding for 2036. Excluding a large cricket-loving state similar Bangladesh would beryllium a failure. We are inactive fighting. Our lone request is to play the World Cup — but not successful India. We privation to play successful Sri Lanka oregon different neutral venue. Our squad is ready.”Earlier connected Wednesday, the ICC rejected Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB’s) petition to relocate Bangladesh’s matches from India and chose to support the tournament’s docket unchanged aft a committee meeting.