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Published 30 Jan, 2026 10:10pm

Bangladesh standoff exposes ICC’s governance crisis ahead of T20 World Cup

With less than three weeks to go before the T20 World Cup starts, the cricketing world looks on as the sport’s global governing body deals with yet another crisis. The latest, too, involves India — the country from where the International Cricket Council’s chairman and the CEO come from — naturally as the co-hosts of the 20-team showpiece.

Bangladesh don’t want to play their matches in India and want them to be shifted to co-hosts Sri Lanka.

Things have come to this point after worsening political relations between the two countries over the last 12 months saw Bangladesh’s star pacer Mustafizur Rahman being withdrawn from Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders’ squad on the directives of the country’s cricket board.

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