India, Jan. 10 -- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has finally broken its silence on Bangladesh's recent demand not to host the T20 World Cup matches in India, and has asked the ICC to relocate its matches to Sri Lanka. The tensions between India and Bangladesh have continued to rise after the BCCI directed the three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions, Kolkata Knight Riders, to release Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman from their squad due to recent developments.

The recent few days have seen incidents of multiple Hindus being killed in Bangladesh, leading to the relations between India and Bangladesh getting strained. KKR were receiving a lot of flak for picking Rahman despite the current mood of the nation, and...