ICC Rejects Bangladesh's Plea: T20 World Cup 2026 Matches to Stay in India

• The ICC has rejected the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) request to relocate their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 matches from India.
• ICC informed BCB that matches must be played in India due to security reasons, or Bangladesh will lose points.
• All four of Bangladesh's Group C matches are scheduled in India, including three at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, and one in Mumbai.
• BCB claims they have not received final communication regarding the rejection.
• The request followed BCCI's instruction to KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman from IPL 2026 squad amidst criticism.

Why It Matters: Bangladesh's request to move T20 World Cup 2026 matches out of India was rejected by ICC.