Bangladesh won’t participate within the T20 World Cup 2026 after the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) turned down a request to relocate their fixtures from India over safety considerations, and have been changed by Scotland, the worldwide cricket physique stated.
Following weeks of deliberation and dialogue, the ICC confirmed on Saturday that Bangladesh will probably be changed by Scotland in Group C of the match.
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“Scotland will substitute Bangladesh within the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026 after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to take part within the match per the revealed match schedule,” the ICC stated in its assertion.
“The ICC, within the absence of any credible or verifiable safety menace to the Bangladesh nationwide crew in India, rejected the BCB’s demand to maneuver its matches from India to Sri Lanka,” it added.
The match, which is because of start on February 7, is being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, however all of Bangladesh’s group fixtures had been allotted to venues in India.
The Tigers had been scheduled to play on the opening day of the match, on February 7, after they would have confronted the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. They had been set to play two different group-stage video games on the similar venue earlier than their closing Group C fixture towards Nepal on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Nevertheless, the BCB requested the ICC, on January 4, transfer their fixtures out of India.
The transfer adopted the abrupt elimination of star quick bowler Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League (IPL) upon directions from the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), as a result of ongoing political tensions between the 2 nations.
The ICC stated its determination adopted “an in depth course of to handle considerations raised by the BCB relating to the internet hosting of its scheduled matches in India”.
“Over a interval of greater than three weeks, the ICC engaged with the BCB by means of a number of rounds of dialogue carried out in a clear and constructive method, together with conferences held each through video convention and in-person,” the ICC’s assertion went on so as to add.
“As a part of this course of, the ICC reviewed the considerations cited by the BCB, commissioned and regarded unbiased safety assessments from inside and exterior specialists, and shared detailed safety and operational plans protecting federal and state preparations, in addition to enhanced and escalating safety protocols for the occasion. These assurances had been reiterated at a number of levels, together with throughout discussions involving the ICC Enterprise Company (IBC) Board.”
The sport’s governing physique stated its assessments concluded that there was “no credible or verifiable safety menace to the Bangladesh nationwide crew, officers or supporters in India”.
“In mild of those findings, and after cautious consideration of the broader implications, the ICC decided that it was not acceptable to amend the revealed occasion schedule. The ICC additionally famous the significance of preserving the integrity and sanctity of the match schedule, safeguarding the pursuits of all taking part groups and followers, and avoiding the institution of precedents that would undermine the neutrality and equity of ICC occasions.”
The ICC’s determination comes two days after the BCB reiterated its stance on not travelling to India for its group matches.
The ICC requested the BCB to evaluate its determination with the Bangladeshi authorities and provides a response inside a day, following which a closing determination can be made.
“Following its assembly on Wednesday, the IBC Board requested the BCB to substantiate, inside a 24-hour timeframe, whether or not Bangladesh would take part within the match as scheduled,” the ICC stated.
“As no affirmation was acquired inside the stipulated deadline, the ICC proceeded consistent with its established governance and qualification processes to establish a substitute crew.”
Scotland will now play within the T20 World Cup as they’re the highest-ranked T20I aspect to not initially qualify for the match.
“We wish to play the World Cup, however we received’t play in India. We are going to preserve preventing,” BCB President Aminul Islam advised reporters.
The BCB chief stated the ICC would stand to lose if Bangladesh had been expelled from the match.
“The ICC will miss out on 200 million individuals watching the World Cup,” he stated.
