England count on to find later this week if their Twenty20 World Cup fixture in opposition to Bangladesh is being re-located.
Harry Brook’s staff are scheduled to tackle the Bangladeshis on February 14 of their penultimate group recreation at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, though the venue has been thrown into doubt in current days.
That’s as a result of Bangladesh wrote to the Worldwide Cricket Council on Sunday requesting that their matches be moved from India, following a deterioration of relations between the 2 Asian neighbours.
Pakistan have lengthy since been assured to play their total World Cup fixtures in Sri Lanka as a result of political stress with India.
Nonetheless, the ICC have been in discussions with the Bangladesh board over the previous two days and are anticipated to request that, with only a month to go to the opening fixtures, the schedule stays as is.
Bangladesh cited safety considerations for his or her gamers in asking for the change, in a response to the Board of Management for Cricket in India instructing Kolkata Knight Riders to axe Bangladeshi tempo bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who value £900,000 eventually month’s public sale, from their 2026 taking part in group.
England count on to find later this week if their Twenty20 World Cup fixture in opposition to Bangladesh is being re-located (Pictured: Captain Harry Brook, proper, with Brendon McCullum)
The ICC should not commenting publicly on the problem, however an ECB spokesperson mentioned they hoped to be up to date by the top of the week.
Shifting the Valentine’s Day match can be extraordinarily complicated, not least as a result of England are as a result of play minnows Italy again in Kolkata two days later, earlier than heading to Sri Lanka for the second stage ought to they qualify.
