Overview
- The Bangladesh Cricket Board has formally asked to shift its four group matches from India to co-host Sri Lanka and says it will not accept replacement venues inside India.
- Multiple reports indicate the ICC is exploring Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram as fallback options, with Tamil Nadu and Kerala associations signalling they can host on short notice.
- An independent ICC security assessment shared with Bangladesh identifies no specific or direct threat to the team in India and rates overall tournament risk as low to moderate.
- Pakistan has conveyed readiness to host Bangladesh’s fixtures if Sri Lanka cannot, though there is no indication the ICC will adopt that option.
- The dispute escalated after Mustafizur Rahman’s IPL release on BCCI instruction, which preceded Bangladesh’s IPL broadcast ban, and time pressure is mounting with matches slated in Kolkata and Mumbai from February 7.