ICC communications pertaining to player security makes playing in India unfeasible: Bangladesh sports advisor.
Bangladesh sports adviser claims ICC security communication makes playing in India unfeasible.
According to Asif Nazrul, the sports adviser for Bangladesh, an ICC security team’s email outlines the challenges Bangladesh will face when playing in India for the 2026 T20 World Cup.
The assertions of this email and its evaluation have not yet been independently confirmed; the ICC has been contacted for response.
“We have sent two letters (to the ICC), after which the ICC security team have sent a letter,” Nazrul, effectively the country’s sports head, said on Monday. “They have said that if three things happen, the security threat of the Bangladesh team (in India) will increase. One, if Mustafiz [Mustafizur Rahman] is included in the Bangladesh team. Two, if the supporters of the Bangladesh team roam around in the national jersey of Bangladesh, which is our national jersey. Three, the security threat of the Bangladesh team will increase as the (Bangladesh) elections approach.
“So this statement of the ICC security team has proven beyond a doubt that there is no situation for the Bangladesh cricket team to play the T20 World Cup in India. If the ICC expects us to make a cricket team without our best bowler, our supporters will not be able to wear the Bangladesh jersey, and we will postpone the Bangladesh elections to play cricket, then there can be no more bizarre, unrealistic and unreasonable expectation than this.”