Amid the current geopolitical and ethnic disputes between the two countries, the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council met on Tuesday, January 13, to discuss the Board’s position on not travelling to India to play in the next T20 World Cup 2026.
Through a video conference in the afternoon, BCB’s chief executive officer Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, director and chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee Nazmul Abedeen, vice presidents Md. Shakawath Hossain and Faruque Ahmed, and president Md. Aminul Islam participated in the meeting on the organization’s behalf. The members all agreed that they would not compromise and go to play in India.
However, the ICC has denied Bangladesh’s plea, stating that it may not be possible to make any last-minute modifications because all the required preparations, including the 20-team tournament’s whole schedule, have already been established. Since the possibilities of assigning matches to Sri Lanka or any other location appear extremely slim, the ICC, led by Jay Shah, further requested that the Bangladesh Cricket Board reconsider their position and travel to play.
The board president, Aminul Islam, has reiterated that Bangladesh is not particularly eager in playing in India because the players’ safety is in jeopardy.
Aminul went on to say that the domestic elections might have to be postponed if the ICC fails to meet the requirement, which is an illogical explanation.
“There can be no more bizarre, unrealistic, and unreasonable expectation than that if the ICC expects us to make a cricket team without our best bowler, our supporters will not be able to wear the country’s jersey, and we’ll postpone the national election to play cricket,” Awaz quoted Aminul as saying.
“We think that cricket should not be monopolised by any one person. Market management is not a reliable indicator of a game’s future. We should be able to participate in the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka if the ICC is a really international organisation. In this regard, we won’t accept any compromise,” Aminul continued.
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