Pakistan, Jan. 25 -- The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday confirmed that Scotland would replace Bangladesh at the upcoming T20 World Cup, which is scheduled to be held in India next month.

Bangladesh had announced on Jan 4 that it would not play its T20 World Cup matches in India after its player Mustafizur Rahman was released by his Indian Premier League (IPL) team amid growing tensions between the two countries. Subsequently, Bangladesh had "formally requested" the ICC to shift their games to Sri Lanka.

Subsequently, the ICC rejected the country's request to shift its games. However, Bangladesh insisted it would not travel to India for the tournament.

In the statement posted on its website on Saturday, the ICC stated t...