Overview
- Bangladesh players followed through on a boycott of domestic cricket, delaying a BPL match in Dhaka after neither team arrived in protest.
- The Bangladesh Cricket Board issued a show‑cause notice to finance chief Najmul Islam and then removed him from the role following his derogatory comments about players.
- Najmul had said cricketers would not be compensated if Bangladesh skips the T20 World Cup and previously labeled ex‑captain Tamim Iqbal an “Indian agent,” drawing outrage from players and CWAB.
- The BCB maintains it will not send the team to India and wants its group matches moved to Sri Lanka, while the ICC has asked the board to reconsider, citing a finalized schedule and its security assessment.
- Bangladesh’s group games are scheduled for February 7–17 with three in Kolkata and one in Mumbai, a dispute that began after Mustafizur Rahman was removed from KKR’s IPL roster on BCCI instruction.