Overview
- The Bangladesh Cricket Board said it received an ICC response that promises cooperation on security planning and assures the team’s full and uninterrupted participation in the T20 World Cup.
- Several outlets reported the ICC rejected Bangladesh’s request to move its four group games out of India and warned of forfeiture, but the BCB called any ultimatum claims false.
- The tournament schedule remains unchanged, with Bangladesh slated for three matches in Kolkata on February 7, 9 and 14, and a fourth in Mumbai on February 17.
- Talks between the BCB and ICC are ongoing, and neither the ICC nor the BCCI has issued a public statement on the venue dispute.
- The row followed Kolkata Knight Riders releasing Mustafizur Rahman after a reported BCCI directive, prompting Bangladesh’s interim government to back relocation and ban IPL broadcasts.