Bangladesh cricket ‘affected’ by off-field tensions ahead of T20 World Cup

Bangladesh Test skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto has spoken of the unit connected teammates arsenic T20 World Cup looms successful India.

Bangladesh cricketers are often ‌forced to disguise the interaction of controversies successful the build-up to and ‍at large tournaments, ‍despite however the outer sound affects them, Test skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto has said.

Uncertainty looms implicit Bangladesh’s participation successful the Twenty20 World Cup pursuing a petition by the Bangladesh Cricket Board to the International Cricket Council to determination ⁠their World Cup matches retired of India implicit safety concerns.

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“We haven’t got a bully ​result successful immoderate World Cup. We had a bully accidental past clip [at ‍the 2024 T20 World Cup], but we couldn’t bash it,” Shanto said.

“You volition announcement that earlier each World Cup, there’s immoderate incidental that takes place. As a subordinate who ‍has played 1 ⁠or 2 of these tournaments, I tin archer you that it affects us.

“But we enactment arsenic if thing affects america since we are nonrecreational cricketers. Even you cognize that it affects us. It is not easy. It is amended if these things didn’t happen. I deliberation the players inactive effort to support each things speech to execute well.”

Bangladesh, who person ne'er won a ​World Cup title, are scheduled to play 3 World Cup ‌matches successful Kolkata adjacent month.

Tensions person heightened successful caller weeks betwixt Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Bangladesh.

Hundreds protested adjacent Bangladesh’s High Commission successful New Delhi past period aft a Hindu mill idiosyncratic was beaten and ‌set connected occurrence successful Bangladesh’s Mymensingh territory implicit allegations helium insulted the Prophet Muhammad.

According to respective Indian media reports, the ‌ICC told Bangladesh they indispensable play successful India, which ⁠is co-hosting the February 7-March 8 lawsuit with Sri Lanka, oregon forfeit the matches.

However, the BCB dismissed claims of immoderate ultimatum arsenic “completely false”, saying it intended to enactment with the ICC for a mutually acceptable ‌solution.

“I would besides adhd that this happening is beyond our control,” said Shanto, who has not been included successful the T20 World Cup squad.

“Wherever we play the World Cup ‍, yet I would deliberation that the players person to enactment similar thing is bothering them, and they tin bash good for the team.”