Bangladesh on Thursday reiterated that the country’s national men’s team wants to play the T20 World Cup but won’t travel to India to do so. BCB president Aminul Islam and Sports Advisor Asif Nazrul had a high-level meeting with the Bangladesh cricketers and said in a press conference after that they want to play the World Cup in Sri Lanka. They also added that they are “still hopeful of justice from ICC”. “While our cricketers have worked hard to qualify for the World Cup, the security risk regarding playing in India remains unchanged. This concern is not based on abstract analysis. We are not giving up hope yet; our team is ready. We expect the ICC to provide justice by considering our genuine security risks and allowing us to play in Sri Lanka,” Nazrul said. “We’ll try again to convince the ICC and look for other ways to play the tournament. If ICC fails to accommodate us, it will be significant loss to world cricket and failure for host country. We are still trying so that our boys can play the World Cup. We are still ready to play the World Cup but not in India but in Sri Lanka. Our team is ready,” Aminul said. The ICC had on Wednesday given the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) an ultimatum to decide if they’ll be coming to India to play the World Cup. (More to follow)
Bangladesh reiterate they will not play T20 World Cup in India, says ‘still hopeful of justice from ICC’
