Bangladesh cricket team’s test captain and former limited overs captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto has given a tough class to the director of BCB i.e. Bangladesh Cricket Board. BCB director had called former cricketer Tamim Iqbal an agent of India, to which Shanto gave a sharp reaction. Apart from this, BCB is adamant on not sending Bangladesh team to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Shanto has given a big statement on this matter also.

Bangladesh’s Test captain Nazmul Hossain Shanto has said that the uncertainty surrounding the team’s participation in the T20 World Cup to be held in India next month is affecting the mental health of the players. However, still the team is handling the situation as if ,Everything is alright,

Shanto also targeted Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director M. Nazmul Islam. He strongly criticized calling former captain Tamim Iqbal an “agent of India”. Tamim had advocated a restrained and practical approach to resolve the current impasse.

Bangladesh’s participation in next month’s T20 World Cup in India has been embroiled in controversy, with the BCB asking the ICC to shift the team’s matches out of India citing security reasons.

Shanto told reporters on Friday, ,If you look at our World Cup results, we have never played good cricket consistently. Last year we had performed better, but there were better opportunities, which we could not take advantage of. You will see that something or the other happens before every World Cup. From the experience of playing three World Cups, I can say that it has an impact. Now we act as if nothing affects us and we are completely professional cricketers. You guys also understand that this is not easy. Of course, it would be better if all this did not happen. This situation is largely out of our control.,

The T20 World Cup is to start from February 7 and Bangladesh has to play four matches in India (three in Kolkata and one in Mumbai). Bangladesh has demanded to shift these matches to Sri Lanka. BCB has taken this step after releasing fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman from IPL on the instructions of BCCI.