The International Cricket Council has made it clear that Bangladesh’s matches will not be moved from India.
According to a press release issued by the global cricket body, the T20 World Cup 2026 will take place in India and Sri Lanka as scheduled. The ICC stated that the Bangladesh national cricket team face no security threat in India.
An ICC spokesperson said: "Over the past several weeks, the ICC has engaged with the BCB in sustained and constructive dialogue, with the clear objective of enabling Bangladesh’s participation in the tournament."
"During this period, the ICC has shared detailed inputs, including independent security assessments, comprehensive venue-level security plans and formal assurances from the host authorities, all of which consistently concluded that there is no credible or verifiable threat to the safety or security of the Bangladesh team in India," he said.
“Despite these efforts, the BCB maintained its position, repeatedly linking its participation in the tournament to a single, isolated and unrelated development concerning one of its player’s involvement in a domestic league," the ICC said in a press release.
The ICC maintained: "This linkage has no bearing on the tournament’s security framework or the conditions governing participation in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup."
"In the absence of any independent security findings that materially compromise the safety of the Bangladesh team, the ICC is unable to relocate fixtures," the press release added.
It is pertinent to note that the decision was taken following an ICC Board meeting.
