By Admin 
On the instructions of BCCI, Kolkata Knight Riders have released Bangladeshi player Mustafizur Rahman. KKR had bought Mustafizur for a huge sum of Rs 9.20 crore, but after the murder of two Hindu youths in Bangladesh, KKR was being criticized for including Bangladeshi players in the IPL. Now its impact seems to be on T20 World Cup 2026 also, Bangladesh Cricket Board has called an emergency meeting.
Bangladesh Cricket Board has called an emergency meeting at 8.30 pm Indian time. In this, the board will decide its stand in the ICC T20 World Cup 2026. Let us tell you that the complete schedule of T20 World Cup has been released. All the group matches of Bangladesh are to be held in India, but there is also a fear that BCB may decide not to send its team to India.
BCCI can also refuse to host Bangladesh’s matches in the T20 World Cup 2026, in this situation Bangladesh can play all its matches in Sri Lanka like Pakistan.
Bangladesh’s 3 matches at Eden Gardens
T20 World Cup 2026 will be organized at 8 venues in India and Sri Lanka, out of which Sri Lanka has 3 stadiums. There are 4 groups in the tournament, each group has 5-5 teams. Bangladesh is in Group C, along with England, Italy, Nepal and West Indies. In the group stage, 3 out of 4 matches of Bangladesh are to be held in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, one match is scheduled in Wankhede.
- 7 February- Bangladesh vs West Indies (Eden Gardens)
- 9 February- Bangladesh vs Italy (Eden Gardens)
- 14 February- Bangladesh vs England (Eden Gardens)
- 17 February- Bangladesh vs Nepal (Wankhede)
Will Bangladesh’s matches be shifted to Sri Lanka?
Now about 1 month is left for the start of T20 World Cup 2026, preparations are almost complete at all the venues. In such a situation, it is a bit difficult to change the schedule so quickly. Because if Bangladesh demands from ICC to play its matches in Sri Lanka, then it will affect other teams of this group as well. All the teams will have to travel to Sri Lanka to play their first match. Well this is not impossible.