Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam on Monday mentioned that “we don’t really feel safe” in sending the nationwide crew to India for the T20 World Cup contemplating the present circumstances.
Aminul spoke to reporters a day after BCB formally requested the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to shift its T20 World Cup video games out of India, a robust transfer triggered by pacer Mustafizur Rahman’s launch from the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Board of Management for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) instruction.
“You understand that we, together with all the administrators of the cricket board, held two conferences earlier than taking this resolution and at this second we don’t really feel safe sending our crew to India to play the World Cup,” Aminul mentioned.
“So we wrote a letter to the ICC, and within the letter we clearly acknowledged what we wished to say. As a result of to us, safety seemed to be a serious concern and that’s what we’re following.
“We have now despatched an electronic mail to the ICC and we predict them to inform us to have a gathering with them quickly the place we are going to categorical our concern,” he mentioned.
Aminul mentioned BCB’s subsequent step will depend upon ICC’s response.
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“However what our subsequent step will depend upon the reply to the e-mail now we have despatched. We aren’t speaking with BCCI as a result of that is an ICC occasion. We’re speaking with the ICC,” he mentioned.
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, whereas asserting the diktat to launch Rahman, had merely acknowledged that it was being accomplished due to “developments throughout”, with out explaining the specifics.
Bangladesh was scheduled to play three T20 World Cup matches in Kolkata and one in Mumbai.
Drawn in Group C, the crew was as a result of face the West Indies in its opening match at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on February 7 and subsequently compete towards England, Italy and Nepal.
Printed on Jan 05, 2026