Bangladesh will not reverse its decision to skip the T20 World Cup in India, youth and sports advisor Asif Nazrul had reiterated. “We strongly want to play the World Cup, and we want to do it in Sri Lanka,” he said. That night, Nazrul posted on Facebook that he did not consider it safe for the national team to travel to India for the World Cup. Following this, the information ministry ordered all IPL matches and related programmes to remain off-air in Bangladesh from Jan 5 until further notice. On Thursday, Nazrul reaffirmed that Bangladesh remains keen to play the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.

Source: bd News24 January 15, 2026 15:53 UTC