The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has made its financial position clear ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026. With the tournament scheduled from February 7 to March 8 across India and Sri Lanka, the board has reiterated that a potential withdrawal will not have any financial implications for the organisation.
BCB finance committee chairman Najmul Hossain stated on Wednesday (January 14) that the board's revenue structure has already been secured for the current cycle, meaning there would be no monetary setback if the team does not travel to India for the event. Instead, he said the financial consequences would fall on the players.
"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 told Cricbuzz. He explained that the ICC's revenue distribution plan had already been finalised. "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.
Najmul further emphasised that only the players would see a reduction in earnings as they would miss out on match fees and performance-based rewards. "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 said.
He also clarified that the board will not provide compensation if Bangladesh skip the tournament. "Why should we compensate?" Najmul asked. "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 concluded, "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?"
