New Delhi, Jan. 4 -- The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has officially written to International Cricket Council (ICC) stating that they won't be sending its players to India for next month's T20 World Cup 2026 citing security reasons. The development came in after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) directed Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to release Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman from it's Indian Premier League squad for next season.

Mustafizur was bought by the three-time IPL champions KKR for Rs.9.20 crore at the mini-auction last month. However, the decision to remove Mustafizur from IPL 2026 came after political leaders an religious institutional groups targeted the franchise owner Shah Rukh Khan amid the ongoing tu...