India, Jan. 23 -- Bangladesh will not be heading to India for the T20 World Cup beginning on February 7, as a contentious and drawn out period of negotiating against the ICC and tournament organizers left the Bangladesh Cricket Board with withdrawal from the tournament as their only recourse.

For Bangladesh, the decision seems to be in response to the BCCI removing Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League, where he was set to represent Kolkata Knight Riders. However, the official line is that the Mustafizur incident is a manifestation of hostilities and security threats that the ICC has been unable to provide safeguards against.

The idea of these 'security threats' has become the main talking point, with many critics of the BCB ...