Scotland to be picked if Bangladesh refuse to play in India, claims AFP report
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has told Bangladesh that if they do not agree to play their T20 World Cup matches in India, they could be replaced by Scotland, who are the highest-ranked team who did not qualify for the World Cup, according to a report by AFP.
Citing previous reports on other news medias, AFP said that cricket's governing body has told Bangladesh to agree to play their matches at next month's T20 World Cup in India or risk being kicked out of the tournament.
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The T20 World Cup begins on February 7 with Bangladesh in England's Group C and scheduled to play all of their group matches in Kolkata and Mumbai.
The ICC has not officially commented, but Cricinfo and other Indian media reported on Monday that the deadline of Wednesday had been set for Bangladesh to make a decision.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is refusing to play in India, citing security concerns, and have asked the governing International Cricket Council to shift their matches to co-hosts Sri Lanka.
The BCB held talks in Dhaka at the weekend with ICC officials over the impasse, but no agreement was reached.
"During the discussions, the BCB reiterated its formal request to the ICC to relocate Bangladesh's matches to Sri Lanka," a BCB statement had said.
"Among other points, the possibility of moving Bangladesh to a different group as a means of facilitating the matter with minimum logistical adjustments was discussed," the statement had added.
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