Amid suspense over Bangladesh’s participation in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, the matches of which will be played across five venues in India and three in Sri Lanka from February 7 to March 8, Bangladesh Cricket Board finance committee chairman Najmul Hossain on Wednesday (January 14) said that the BCB will not suffer any financial loss if their senior men’s cricket team opts out of the upcoming shortest-format mega-event.
According to him, players will face the financial hit if Bangladesh decides not to travel to India for the T20 World Cup 2026 matches because in that case they would not receive match fees.
“There will be no loss for the Bangladesh Cricket Board (if we don’t take part in the World Cup), as the loss will be for the players,”
Najmul was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
“Up to 2027, our revenue will not be hampered because in the 2022 ICC financial meeting, this was already fixed. Future World Cups or future bilateral or international events may have relevance, for example, whether teams will come to us under the FTP. Those are valid questions. But this World Cup does not affect that,” he added.
“The players will lose because when they play, they receive a match fee for every match. If someone participates in a match, or becomes man of the match, or has some kind of special performance, then according to ICC rules and match regulations, they get what is due to them. That money belongs exactly to the player. The board has no connection with that. Meaning the board does not gain or lose anything from this. Whether Bangladesh plays here or not, the board has no profit or loss from this, at least not for this World Cup,” he continued.
He added that the Bangladesh Cricket Board will not compensate the players for their loss if Bangladesh pull out of the T20 World Cup 2026. According to him, there is no point of compensation because the players are not asked to repay money when they underperform.
“Why should we compensate?” Najmul said.
“If they go somewhere and cannot do anything, then the crores of taka we spend behind them, do we ask for that money back from them? Do we?” he asked.
“There is no explanation (why we won’t give any compensation) because that question should not arise because we spend so much behind them already. If we start saying you played badly, now give the money back, does that make sense?” he added.
