The ICC has been contacted for comment and the claims of this communication and its assessment have not been independently verified yet.
“We have sent two letters (to the ICC), after which the ICC security team have sent a letter,” Nazrul, effectively the country’s sports head, said on Monday. “They have said that if three things happen, the security threat of the Bangladesh team (in India) will increase. One, if Mustafiz [Mustafizur Rahman] is included in the Bangladesh team. Two, if the supporters of the Bangladesh team roam around in the national jersey of Bangladesh, which is our national jersey. Three, the security threat of the Bangladesh team will increase as the (Bangladesh) elections approach.
“So this statement of the ICC security team has proven beyond a doubt that there is no situation for the Bangladesh cricket team to play the T20 World Cup in India. If the ICC expects us to make a cricket team without our best bowler, our supporters will not be able to wear the Bangladesh jersey, and we will postpone the Bangladesh elections to play cricket, then there can be no more bizarre, unrealistic and unreasonable expectation than this.”
The 2026 T20 World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, is scheduled to begin on February 7.
