Overview
- Bangladesh confirmed a 15-member T20 World Cup squad with Litton Das as captain and Mohammed Saif Hassan as vice-captain.
- Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed headline the pace attack, with Mahedi Hasan and Rishad Hossain among the spin options.
- Government sports adviser Asif Nazrul said he instructed the board to ask the ICC to move Bangladesh’s India matches to Sri Lanka after Mustafizur’s reported IPL release.
- A BCB official said the board will write to the ICC seeking security details for players, media and fans, and clarity around Mustafizur’s exclusion from KKR.
- Bangladesh are in Group C and scheduled to open on February 7 against the West Indies at Eden Gardens before further games in Kolkata and Mumbai, with any venue change yet to be approved.