3 min readUpdated: Feb 21, 2026 03:47 PM IST Two members of the Bangladesh squad were left mentally shattered after their exclusion from the ICC T20 World Cup, claimed Bangladesh’s assistant coach Mohammad Salahuddin. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO He also hit out at the former Sports Advisor, Asif Nazrul, for misrepresenting facts and shifting his position regarding the national team’s participation. Salahuddin added that it was extremely difficult for the players to come to terms with their exclusion from the tournament. During the whole fiasco, Nazrul, who served under Bangladesh’s former interim leader Muhammad Yunus, had initially maintained that the decision not to travel to India due to security concerns was taken by the government. However, shortly before stepping down from his post, he stated that the call had been made by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the players. ALSO READ | Bangladesh signals reset in India cricket ties after World Cup boycott “He told such blatant lies,” Salahuddin told reporters. “I am a teacher myself, and teachers generally lie a bit less. That …