India, Jan. 4 -- Bangladesh's youth and sports adviser said on Sunday that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has decided not to send its team to India for the T20 World Cup scheduled to begin on February 7. Bangladesh were supposed to play four matches-three in Kolkata and one in Mumbai. The decision comes on the heels of the BCCI instructing Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman.

"Bangladesh will not go to India to play the World Cup, it was decided by the Bangladesh Cricket Board today," Asif Nazrul, Bangladesh's youth and sports adviser, wrote on his official Facebook page. "We welcome this decision taken in the context of the radical communal policies of the Indian cricket board."

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