New Delhi: A new controversy has emerged in the political and legalistic scene surpassing the T20 World Cup 2026. The Bangladesh Cricket Workbench (BCB) recently requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to transpiration its group and swap it with Ireland so that its matches can be played in Sri Lanka. Bangladesh's treatise was that they were not ready to play the match in India, and due to security and other reasons, they felt it was largest to play in Sri Lanka.
Where are all the Ireland group stage matches to be held?
Cricket Ireland (CI) has categorically rejected this proposal. The workbench has said that their schedule will remain the same and they will play all their group stage matches in Sri Lanka only. The ICC has moreover unpreventable Ireland that there will be no transpiration in the venue of their matches.
Why did Bangladesh want to transpiration the group?
The Bangladesh Cricket Workbench gave this demand to the ICC considering they were tumbled well-nigh playing matches in India and wanted their group matches to be held on the grounds of Sri Lanka. They hoped that if Ireland's group was reverted they would be worldly-wise to shift their matches to Sri Lanka.
Why did Ireland refuse?
Ireland refused to budge from their original schedule. He said that he has taken a full guarantee from ICC that his matches will be held where previously scheduled. With this visualization the options for Bangladesh have wilt increasingly limited.
What is the stance of the ICC?
ICC has made it well-spoken that it is not in favor of waffly the group or waffly the venue. In the words of Ireland, “We will definitely play our group stage matches in Sri Lanka.” This statement has come from Cricbuzz.
What does it midpoint for Bangladesh?
This is stuff considered a big wrack-up for Bangladesh as their target was to play outside India. Now they will either have to stipulate to play in India under the original schedule or squint for some other solution.
What is the status of the groups?
Bangladesh has been placed in Group C, where its matches are to be held in Kolkata and Mumbai. Ireland are in Group B, and all their innings will be in Sri Lanka (Colombo, etc.).
What could happen next?
Currently ICC is in liaison with Bangladesh, and discussions are going on between the two parties. But at present no major changes have been decided, and the proposal of a group swap has been rejected. It is well-spoken that the group swap proposal was not supported by both the boards and the ICC, and currently this issue remains the same in organizing the T20 World Cup.
