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Dhaka, January 24 – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) request to move Bangladesh’s T20 World Cup games from India to another location, according to a senior BCB representative who spoke with UNB.

It has allowed Scotland the opportunity to participate in the World Cup, as reported.

The move comes after the Bangladeshi government declined to send its national team to India, citing “genuine and serious” security concerns that the international organization did not resolve.

Although BCB made a final attempt to request the ICC’s Independent Dispute Resolution Committee, the international organization continued with the change, following its deadline concerning the competition calendar.

Scotland, being the top-ranked qualifier, will now occupy Bangladesh’s position in the group stage.

The decision to withdraw stems from what Dhaka refers to as a hostile environment in India. The Bangladeshi government highlighted the forced departure of pacer Mustafizur Rahman from the IPL by the BCCI this month, citing security threats, as clear evidence that player safety could not be assured.

Cultural Advisor Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Sports Advisor Asif Nazrul strongly claimed that accounts of mob attacks on suspected Bangladeshis in West Bengal, along with warnings from political organizations such as Shiv Sena, rendered the tour unfeasible.

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“We are unable to lower our heads and put our athletes in real danger,” the Sports Advisor recently stated, highlighting that national honor and life come before sports.

Although critics, such as former official Syed Ashraful Haque, believed the choice should have been made by the athletes, the government insisted that national security is a matter of state authority.

The boycott poses the risk of significant penalties and economic damage for Bangladesh, yet it sends a clear statement that the security of its people is not up for discussion.