BCB says shared Bangladesh authorities’s views and issues on security, safety of the group, different stakeholders
Indian gamers Shubman Gill and KL Rahul shake palms with Bangladesh gamers after an ICC Males’s Champions Trophy match in Dubai, UAE, Feb. 20, 2025. REUTERS
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has had “constructive” discussions with the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) over transferring their Twenty20 World Cup matches from India to Sri Lanka, the nation’s governing physique stated on Saturday.
Uncertainty looms over Bangladesh’s participation within the Twenty20 World Cup following an earlier request by the BCB to the ICC to maneuver their World Cup matches out of India over security issues amid political tensions.
Bangladesh are in World Cup Group C and can play West Indies, England and Italy in Kolkata earlier than going through Nepal in Mumbai.
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The February 7-March 8 event shall be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. BCB and ICC officers met in Dhaka on Saturday.
“In the course of the discussions, the BCB reiterated its formal request to the ICC to relocate Bangladesh’s matches to Sri Lanka,” the BCB stated in a press release.
“The board additionally shared the Bangladesh authorities’s views and issues on security and safety of the group, Bangladeshi followers, media and different stakeholders.”
Tensions have heightened in latest weeks between Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Bangladesh.
Lots of protested close to Bangladesh’s Excessive Fee in New Delhi final month after a Hindu manufacturing unit employee was overwhelmed and set on fireplace in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district over allegations of spiritual blasphemy.
