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The president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board has launched a blistering criticism of the International Cricket Council after his board’s request to shift Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup matches out of India was rejected.
The dispute has thrown the Bangladesh team’s participation in doubt and sparked wider questions about safety, governance, and fairness ahead of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.
BCB president slams ICC over venue denial
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BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul said Bangladesh’s concerns were dismissed even after a formal request to move their World Cup fixtures out of India due to security and diplomatic issues.
“ICC had denied us our request to shift our matches away from India. We are not sure about the status of world cricket. Its popularity is going down. They have locked away 200 million people.
“Cricket is going to Olympics but if a country like us is not going there, it is ICC’s failure. We will continue to communicate with the ICC. We want to play the world cup. But we won’t play in India,” he said.
The BCB’s demand came after reports that the board had flagged safety concerns and sought to relocate Bangladesh’s matches to Sri Lanka, a request the ICC rejected on the grounds that changing venues at this stage would jeopardise the integrity and planning of the tournament schedule.
Bulbul: fight on amid ‘shocking’ ICC board decisions
Bulbul continued his critique by pointing to decisions made at a recent ICC Board meeting, specifically referencing matters tied to Bangladeshi players.
“We will keep fighting. There were some shocking calls in the ICC Board Meeting. The Mustafizur issue is not isolated single issue. They (India) were the sole decision makers in that issue,” he concluded.
The “Mustafizur issue” relates to the removal of veteran pacer Mustafizur Rahman from his Indian Premier League team earlier this season over reported security concerns, a decision that contributed to tensions between Bangladeshi authorities and Indian cricket bodies and played into the wider disagreement over World Cup venues.
With Bangladesh reaffirming it will not play matches in India as long as the current schedule stands, the BCB has entered a standoff with the ICC that could lead to forfeited games or replacement by another team, depending on how negotiations unfold in the days ahead.
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