{"id":357965,"date":"2026-01-08T00:08:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357965\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T00:08:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T00:08:16","slug":"icc-does-not-understand-the-situation-bangladesh-escalate-t20-world-cup-row-amid-mustafizur-rahman-fallout-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/357965\/","title":{"rendered":"‘ICC does not understand the situation’: Bangladesh escalate T20 World Cup row amid Mustafizur Rahman fallout | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'ICCBangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman celebrates with team mates (Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty Images) Bangladesh\u2019s Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Nazrul has openly questioned whether the International Cricket Council is fully grasping the gravity of the situation surrounding the national team\u2019s participation in the 2026 T20 World Cup matches scheduled in India. Speaking to the media on Wednesday after a meeting with Bangladesh Cricket Board president Aminul Islam<\/a> Bulbul and vice-president Faruque Ahmed, Asif Nazrul said the response received from the ICC failed to reflect the seriousness of the security concerns raised by Bangladesh.<\/p>\n

Bangladesh seek T20 WC match shift from India after Mustafizur Rahman’s IPL exit<\/p>\n

The issue escalated after fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman<\/a> was released by Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of the next IPL<\/a> season, following advice from the BCCI. Soon after, the BCB formally asked the ICC to move Bangladesh\u2019s T20 World Cup fixtures from India to co-host Sri Lanka. \u201cAfter reading the letter we received from the ICC today, we felt that they have not fully understood the serious security situation that has developed in India for Bangladeshi cricketers,\u201d Asif Nazrul said. \u201cTo me, it does not feel like only a security issue. It feels like an issue of national humiliation as well. Still, we are primarily treating it as a security issue.\u201d Asif Nazrul said discussions with the BCB leadership led to a unanimous view that Bangladesh\u2019s qualification for the World Cup came through hard work and deserved respect. \u201cWe are a cricket-crazy nation and we definitely want to play. We do not want to play the T20 World Cup at the cost of national humiliation, at the cost of the security of our cricketers, spectators and journalists, or at the cost of the country\u2019s dignity.\u201d Reiterating Bangladesh\u2019s position, Asif Nazrul made it clear that the request to shift matches was non-negotiable. \u201cWhen it comes to the security of our cricketers, the security of Bangladesh, and the honour and dignity of Bangladesh, there will be no compromise. We want to play the T20 World Cup and since there is another host country, Sri Lanka, we want to play there. We are firm on this position.\u201d The adviser also pointed to the Mustafizur episode as evidence of a wider problem. \u201cWhen the Indian cricket board itself is telling the Kolkata team that they cannot provide security to this player and asking them to drop him from the team, that alone shows there is no environment in India where it is safe to play.\u201d On the possibility of the ICC rejecting the request, Asif Nazrul said the immediate focus was persuasion. \u201cOur first stand is to convince the ICC. We have strong arguments and we will convince them with those arguments. On the question of Bangladesh\u2019s security, honour and dignity, there will be no compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman celebrates with team mates (Photo by Gareth Copley\/Getty Images) Bangladesh\u2019s Youth and Sports Adviser…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[137546,137545,137548,1721,17779,130586,137550,137547,101,137549,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-357965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-aminul-islam","tag-bangladesh-cricket-world-cup-security-concerns","tag-bangladesh-security-of-cricketers","tag-cricket","tag-ipl","tag-mustafizur-rahman","tag-mustafizur-rahman-ipl-security-issue","tag-rahman","tag-sports","tag-t20-world-cup-2026-india","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357965","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=357965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}