India, Jan. 3 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India has put India's scheduled white-ball tour of Bangladesh in September this year on hold amid rising political tensions between the two countries. The BCCI has already asked IPL franchise KKR to release their new signing Mustafizur Rahman, which the three-time champions have agreed to. The situation has now cast uncertainty over bilateral cricketing ties, raising concerns they could drift towards a scenario similar to India-Pakistan relations, where the two neighbours no longer play bilateral series and face each other only in multi-nation tournaments at neutral venues.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) unveiled its international calendar on Friday, which includes India's tour of ...