T20 Global Cup 2026: BCB president opts out of attending India-Pakistan conflict in Colombo | CricTracker

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Aminul Islam has opted in opposition to travelling to Colombo to wait the India-Pakistan conflict on the T20 Global Cup on February 15.

The last-moment trade comes after Aminul had handiest lately hinted that he used to be having a look on the recreation as a possibility to wreck the ice with the Board of Regulate for Cricket in India (BCCI) within the aftermath of the tripartite assembly involving BCB, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Global Cricket Council (ICC) representatives in Lahore to resolve the ICC-PCB impasse following Bangladesh’s elimination from the T20 Global Cup.

Aminul used to be a central determine within the negotiations on the Lahore meet, persuading Pakistan to switch their stance of boycotting the February 15 conflict in opposition to India in Colombo, which the PCB had stated used to be an expression of team spirit with BCB following their unjust ouster from the event, because the ICC denied the request to transport Bangladesh’s fits out of India.

The ICC had formally invited Aminul to wait the marquee fixture on the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. On the other hand, Aminul modified his thoughts on the final second because of Bangladesh’s non-involvement within the fixture.

“I spoke with Aminul Islam. Since Bangladesh is not in it, he stated, ‘Why must I’m going there simply to look at the fit?’ So, he refused,” BCB umpires committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman instructed Cricbuzz on Saturday. “Possibly in the beginning he stated he would cross however later learned if Bangladesh is not taking part in, what is the level of going unnecessarily,” he stated.

Previous, he had showed that the ICC sought after its “main stakeholders” to stay found in Colombo for the marquee conflict.

“The ICC has taken a call. The foremost stakeholders of the ICC are those 5 Asian nations (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan) and for the India-Pakistan fit at the fifteenth within the Global Cup, they would like representatives of all 5 Asian nations to be provide on the flooring in combination, watch the fit in combination and communicate to each other,” Aminul used to be quoted in main Bangladeshi newspaper Prothom Alo.

“You’ll be able to believe it as one thing like that (an ice breaker between us),” he had stated.

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