India, Jan. 7 -- Bangladesh has doubled down on its refusal to play its T20 World Cup 2026 group-stage matches in India, even after receiving a formal communication from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on the venue row. The Bangladesh Cricket Board held a high-level meeting on Wednesday attended by president Aminul Islam Bulbul and government adviser Asif Nazrul, and resolved to keep pressing for a shift of its matches to Sri Lanka.

Bangladesh are scheduled to play four group games in India, three in Kolkata and one in Mumbai, as a part of the India-Sri Lanka hybrid hosting arrangement. After the ICC's letter on Tuesday, the BCB said the governing body had "reiterated its commitment" to Bangladesh's "full and uninterrupted partic...