India, Jan. 24 -- The ICC has confirmed Scotland will replace Bangladesh at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, after the Bangladesh Cricket Board refused to participate as per the published match schedule.

Scotland have been drafted into Group C alongside England, Italy, Nepal and West Indies, with the tournament set to begin on February 7.

The decision brings to a head weeks of back-and-forth after the BCB raised concerns about playing its scheduled fixtures in India and sought a shift of those matches to Sri Lanka, the tournament's co-host. The ICC said it rejected that request in the absence of any "credible or verifiable security threat" to Bangladesh's team, officials or supporters, following independent assessments by internal and ...