New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- Amid Bangladesh's concern for player safety in India during next month's T20 World Cup, umpire Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat is freely officiating in the first ODI between India and New Zealand on Sunday at the BCA stadium in Vadodara, raising quite a few eyebrows. Sharfuddoula was the third umpire for the contest.

Much like the recent strained relations between the two countries, the India-Bangladesh cricketing relations also took a hit after Mustafizur Rahman was removed from the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) following orders from the BCCI.

As a protest, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wrote to the International Cricket Council (ICC) requesting to shift their T20 World C...