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ICC Reworking Accreditation Requests from Bangladesh Journalists to Cover T20 World Cup in India

January 27, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 27: The International Cricket Council set the record straight on Tuesday reworking the media accreditation process for Bangladesh journalists wishing to cover the T20 World Cup in India after the withdrawal of its national team citing security concerns in the neighbouring nation. The ICC is changing the application process even […]

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T20 World Cup: Pakistan Falls in Line, Ends Bluff of Boycott in Solidarity with Bangladesh. Announces 15-member Team

January 25, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 25: Threatened with unprecedented sanctions, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has agreed to fall in line and ended its bluff of boycotting the coming T20 World Cup in solidarity with Bangladesh and on Sunday announced its 15-member squad for the tournament. The announcement, made on Sunday, came shortly after the […]

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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh Out, Scotland In, Pakistan Rethinking

January 24, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 24: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday officially informed the Bangladesh Cricket Board that its team had been ejected out of the coming T20 World Cup for refusing to travel to India to play their matches and has named Scotland as its replacement for the tournament starting from February […]

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T20 World Cup: BCB Letter to DRC for Intervention, Bangladesh Players Dejected

January 23, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 23: Amidst disquiet among the Bangladesh playing eleven, who claimed that they were not “consulted” but only conveyed the government’s decision not to participate in the T20 World Cup in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday made a final roll of the dice regarding its demand to shift […]

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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh Out, Refuses to Send its Team to India to Play Matches, Scotland Likely Replacement

January 22, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 22: Bangladesh is out of the T20 Cricket World Cup to be played in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 and in its place Scotland is likely to figure in the tournament. The Bangladesh government on Thursday announced that it would not send its national team to play matches […]

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T20 World Cup: ICC Rejects Bangladesh Demand for Shifting its Matches to Sri Lanka, Serves 24 Hour Ultimatum

January 21, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 21: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday finally rejected the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)’s request to shift their T20 World Cup 2026 matches from India and has given it 24 hours to communicate its final decision on participating in the tournament at the ICC’s terms. The decision was taken […]

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T20 World Cup: Bangladesh Unwilling to Give in to “ICC Undue and Unreasonable Pressure”

January 20, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 20: With the reported “deadline” of January 21 for the Bangladesh Cricket Board to decide on the participation in the coming T20 World Cup approaching, the Bangladesh interim government on Tuesday indicated that it was not willing to send its team to play matches in India. In the face of […]

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BCB Denies ICC has Set January 21 as Deadline to Decide on T20 World Cup Participation

January 19, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 19: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday refuted a report that the International Cricket Council (ICC) has set January 21 as the deadline by which it must take a decision on participating in the T20 World Cup in India beginning from February 7. A BCB spokesman on Monday claimed […]

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T20 World Cup: BCB Removes Controversial Nazmul Islam as Finance Director amidst Boycott Threat from Players

January 15, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 15: Amidst growing uncertainty over Bangladesh cricket team participating in the coming T20 World Cup in India, the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday was forced to remove M Nazmul Islam, who has been making controversial remarks recently, in the face of players’ threat to boycott all domestic matches. The BCB […]

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T20 World Cup: ICC Reluctant to Shift Bangladesh Matches, BCB Adamant

January 13, 2026 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Jan 13: Even as the International Cricket Council (ICC) has shown reluctance to concede Bangladesh Cricket Board’s request to shift its matches in the coming T20 World Cup from India, the BCB on Tuesday reiterated its decision not to travel to India citing security concerns during a video conference. The BCB […]

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