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ICC reiterates no change in T20 World Cup, refutes Bangladesh’s claim of ‘security risk’ | Cricket News

ICC reiterates no change in T20 World Cup, refutes Bangladesh’s claim of ‘security risk’ | Cricket News

The International Cricket Council (ICC) denied on Monday that a security risk assessment had concluded that it was unsafe for Bangladesh to play its T20 World Cup matches in India. Bangladesh’s sports advisor Asif Nazrul had earlier claimed that the world body’s own security assessment had recommended that the situation was not conducive for their team to travel across the border for the tournament which starts in less than a month’s time. But ICC sources close to the developments said that the risk assigned is “low to moderate” and there has been no change to the original itinerary for the mega event. “The ICC’s independent risk assessments, carried out by internationally recognised security experts, do not conclude that Bangladesh cannot play its scheduled matches in India. The overall security risk for the tournament in India has been assessed as low to moderate, which is consistent with the profile of many major global sporting events,” the source said, adding that “the assessments did not identify any specific or direct threat to the Bangladesh team, team officials, …

Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed included as Bangladesh announce 2026 T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed included as Bangladesh announce 2026 T20 World Cup squad | Cricket News

Bangladesh have brought back pacer Taskin Ahmed and dropped Jaker Ali in their squad for the 2026 T20 World Cup. Litton Das will be leading the side and senior pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who has been caught in the middle of a storm after being released by his Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), has also been included. Bangladesh will be looking to make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup for the first time this year, having failed to do so despite never missing out on any edition of the tournament. Apart from their experienced pace duo of Mustafizur and Taskin, Bangladesh will also be reliant on their spin trio of Mahedi Hasan, Nasum Ahmed and Rishad Hossain. Tanzid Hasan and Parvez Hossain Emon will added some flair to the top order but Bangladesh are expected to be largely dependent on captain Litton to provide the runs. Bangladesh are placed in Group C along with England, Italy, Nepal and the West Indies. Their first match is scheduled to be on …