India, Jan. 11 -- Bangladesh's security concerns about playing in India for the T20 World Cup 2026 sound harder to decode when one of the country's top officials is already doing ICC duty in India, right now, in the India vs New Zealand, 1st ODI.

As the match plays out in Vadodara, Sarfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat, Bangladesh's ICC Elite Panel umpire, is serving as the TV umpire.

This isn't a bilateral assignment arranged by boards. ICC officials are appointed through the ICC's match official system, and Saikat is in the chari as a neutral decision maker.

Which makes the obvious question unavoidable: what exactly is the nature of the security concern being raised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)?

Because only days ago, the BCB had ...