Mustafizur Rahman snub fallout: 'Not communicating with BCCI' as Bangladesh await ICC call on T20 World Cup venues

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam said the board will decide its next course of action only after receiving a response from the International Cricket Council (ICC), following Bangladesh’s formal request to move their T20 World Cup matches out of India citing security concerns.

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The BCB wrote to the ICC after Bangladesh’s premier left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman was released from the Kolkata Knight Riders squad ahead of the Indian Premier League, a move made under the directive of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).




“You know that we, along with all the directors of the cricket board, held two meetings before taking this decision and at this moment we do not feel secure sending our team to India to play the World Cup,” Aminul told reporters on Monday.

Explaining the process, he added, “So we wrote a letter to the ICC, and in the letter we clearly stated what we wanted to say. Because to us, security appeared to be a major concern and that is what we are following. We have sent an email to the ICC and we are expecting them to tell us to have a meeting with them soon where we will express our concern.”

Aminul stressed that the BCB’s next move hinges entirely on the ICC’s response. “But what our next step will be depends on the reply to the email we have sent. We do not know what feedback will come (from ICC), but the clauses we have given are within the MPO. We are not communicating with BCCI because this is an ICC event. We are communicating with the ICC,” he said.


Amid the standoff, speculation has grown that India may be reluctant to tour Bangladesh for their scheduled white-ball series in September. However, Aminul dismissed any link between bilateral cricket and the current issue. “Look, cricket between the two countries (relationship between India and Bangladesh), like playing a bilateral series or playing in the World Cup, is one thing and security concern is another matter,” he said. “So for now, we are thinking about the World Cup issue (security).”

Meanwhile, a day after the BCB’s request, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered broadcasters to stop airing the IPL. Aminul maintained it was a sovereign decision. “This is India's domestic cricket, and in domestic cricket, whom to show or not to show is the decision of our government… we have nothing to say. However, it is true that we support the decision taken by the government,” he said.


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