Shocking! Litton Das, BAN Players Wanted To Play T20 World Cup India, But BCB...

Bangladesh men’s international cricketers were reportedly ‘informed’ and not ‘asked’ for their consent on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)’s decision to skip traveling to India for the 2026 T20 World Cup and effectively pulling out of the marquee International Cricket Council (ICC) event.

According to Cricbuzz, most players were left disappointed with how the meeting with the government’s sports advisor, Asif Nazrul, went. The report said the players were expecting to change the BCB and Nazrul’s stance, but they were only given a namesake opportunity to speak, and their opinions hardly mattered.

Bangladesh T20 captain Litton Das and Test skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto both are said to have voiced their opinion in favor of traveling to India.

However, the BCB remained firm in expressing ‘security’ concerns, telling the players about certain ‘previous incidents’ and threats to Bangladeshi players.

“The meeting was called not to give our consent as it was made out to be initially,” the report cited a cricketer as saying on the condition of anonymity. “Rather, we were called so that we are aware of the development in the ongoing crisis. They made up their mind and decided what they will do before coming into the meeting, and it’s not like any decision was taken taking our views into consideration.”

In Bangladesh, this is being seen as BCB’s hard alignment with the national government, whose relations with India are at a low.

“They didn’t ask. They made the plan directly and said it’s not happening. Earlier, they would sit with us and hear us out. But now, they’ve already said we’re not going,” the quoted cricketer said. “The thing is, Bangladesh’s government call was already made and nothing else but that’s the real story. It was a direct order from the government – it’s not happening.”

Players were informed that there had been no direct communication from the BCCI, leading officials to question the practicality of sending a team. BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul attempted to reassure the squad, but players felt the decision had already been finalised.

The BCB has claimed ‘injustice’ from the ICC. The world body, meanwhile, is preparing to replace Bangladesh with Scotland.