{"id":352208,"date":"2026-01-04T20:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352208\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:08:10","slug":"bcb-formally-seeks-relocation-of-bangladeshs-t20-world-cup-matches-amid-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/352208\/","title":{"rendered":"BCB formally seeks relocation of Bangladesh\u2019s T20 World Cup matches amid ‘security concerns’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The developments come amid escalating tensions triggered by the revocation of Mustafizur Rahman\u2019s no objection certificate to play in the IPL.<\/a><\/p>\n

The BCB decided to revoke the NOC with immediate effect during a meeting involving board officials and concerned authorities, citing security reasons.<\/p>\n

This effectively rules out the left arm pacer\u2019s participation in the IPL even if Kolkata Knight Riders were to reconsider their decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not accept any insult to Bangladeshi cricket, cricketers and Bangladesh under any circumstances,\u201d said Asif Nazrul, Youth and Sports Adviser in the interim government, in a statement carried by the state run BSS news agency on Sunday. \u201cThe days of slavery are over.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mustafizur was released by Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday after the franchise was \u201cadvised\u201d by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to do so, following tensions between the neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n

He had been bought at the December auction for more than $1 million and has previously represented multiple IPL teams.<\/p>\n

Nazrul said he had directed the BCB to formally approach the ICC.
\u201cThe board should inform that, where a Bangladeshi cricketer cannot play in India despite being contracted, the entire Bangladeshi cricket team cannot feel safe going to play in the World Cup,\u201d he wrote.
\u201cI have also instructed the board to request that Bangladesh\u2019s World Cup matches should be held in Sri Lanka.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he would also seek to block the IPL\u2019s broadcast in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have requested the Information and Broadcasting Adviser to stop the broadcasting of the IPL tournament in Bangladesh,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed that Kolkata Knight Riders had been \u201cadvised to release\u201d the 30 year old pacer, stating that the decision was taken \u201cconsidering recent developments\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kolkata, majority owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, later said Mustafizur\u2019s \u201crelease has been carried out following due process and consultations\u201d.<\/p>\n

The political backdrop to the dispute includes strained bilateral ties after a mass uprising in Dhaka in 2024 toppled then prime minister Sheikh Hasina, a close ally of New Delhi. <\/p>\n

India\u2019s foreign ministry last month condemned what it described as \u201cunremitting hostility against minorities\u201d in Muslim majority Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh\u2019s interim leader, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus, has accused India of exaggerating the scale of the violence.<\/p>\n

BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul said the board would continue deliberations. \u201cThe dignity and security of our cricketers are our top priorities, and we will take a decision at the appropriate time keeping these in mind,\u201d he told reporters late on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The ICC is yet to respond formally to the BCB\u2019s request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The developments come amid escalating tensions triggered by the revocation of Mustafizur Rahman\u2019s no objection certificate to play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[134918,76816,1721,6530,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-352208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-2026-t20-world-cup","tag-bangladesh-cricket-board","tag-cricket","tag-international-cricket-council","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}