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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced Liton Das-led 15-member squad for next month’s T20 World Cup and the announcement came just hours after the country’s Sports Ministry directed the team to shift its league matches from India to Sri Lanka.
The BCB has been asked by its Sports Ministry to seek shifting of the team’s T20 World Cup league matches from India to Sri Lanka as concerns are being raised over the safety of the players after Mustafizur Rahman was dropped from the Indian Premier League (IPL) on the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Of Bangladesh’s four league matches, three are against West Indies (February 7), Italy (February 9), England (February 14) in Kolkata while their last match will be against Nepal (February 17) in Mumbai.
The T20 World Cup will be jointly organized by India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8.
Das remains the captain while fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has returned to the team after being out of the recent Ireland series. Ahmed will team up with Rahman in the fast bowling department who has been included in the team as expected.
BCB said on ‘X’, “Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the national team for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 which will be held in India and Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8. ,
Following BCCI’s direction, co-owner Shahrukh Khan’s IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Saturday released Rahman, who was bought for Rs 9.20 crore in the auction held in Abu Dhabi last month.
After this, Asif Nazru, advisor to the Bangladesh government, directed the BCB to ask the Jay Shah-led ICC to shift four of Bangladesh’s league matches to Sri Lanka.
However, according to a BCCI source, there is only one month left for the tournament to start, so this change is almost impossible.
Although the BCCI did not explicitly mention the current political situation in Bangladesh for its decision to release Rahman, it did say that the step was taken due to the events happening around.
Bangladesh team:
Liton Das (captain), Mohammad Saif Hasan (vice-captain), Tanjeed Hasan, Mohammad Parvez Hossain Imon, Tauheed Hridoy, Shamim Hossain, Kazi Nurul Hasan Sohan, Shaq Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzeem Hasan Saqib, Taskin Ahmed, Mohammad Shaifuddin, Shoriful Islam.