Not Sri Lanka: ICC Set To Suggest These 2 Venues In Bangladesh T20 World Cup Row

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will be responding to Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)’s request to shift the national side’s T20 World Cup 2026 matches from India between Monday and Tuesday this week. The BCB cited ‘security concerns’ to file an official request with the ICC to shift their games from India to Sri Lanka. The request was made after Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was released by IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders on the suggestion from BCCI. However, the ICC is unlikely to accept BCB’s request and instead, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram were suggested as alternate venues. Bangladesh are currently scheduled to play their group stage games in Kolkata and Mumbai.Earlier, Bangladesh rejected Chennai as one of the options with BCB president Aminul Islam stating that it may be accepted by their government.”Since you know that we are not taking decisions alone regarding this World Cup, we will discuss it with the government and we are still where we stood,” he told reporters in Sylhet.The Bangladesh government also expects direct communication from the Indian government regarding the security concerns over the upcoming T20 World Cup.