Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: A meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board was held in Dhaka on Saturday, where officials discussed ties with India, news agency ANI reported. The meeting took place after a communication had earlier been sent to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding upcoming bilateral tours and cooperation.The meeting was chaired by BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul. Earlier, director Nazmul Abedin Fahim said the board had sent an email to BCCI as part of routine communication. The letter mentioned the Indian team’s scheduled tour of Bangladesh in September, followed by the Bangladesh women’s team’s tour of India. It also included a proposal to explore more areas of cooperation between the two boards.Speaking to ANI earlier, Fahim said such exchanges are part of regular engagement with other cricket boards.“We maintain regular communication with various countries’ cricket boards. As part of that regular communication, we recently reached out to the Board of Control for Cricket in India via a letter, through an email, to communicate with them”, Nazmul Abedin Fahim, Director (Cricket Operations) of BCB, told ANI.“In the letter, we mentioned that the Indian national cricket team is scheduled to come to Bangladesh in September to play a series, and after that, our women’s team is supposed to go to India. We also included in the letter a request to explore any other possibilities for reciprocal cricket collaborations,” he added, as cited by ANI.The development comes months after IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders had released Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman from its 2026 squad on the BCCI’s direction. The move led to a reaction from Bangladesh authorities and the public.The BCB had then asked for its matches in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 to be shifted from India to Sri Lanka, citing security concerns. The International Cricket Council (ICC) rejected the request, saying there was no credible threat to Bangladesh players.Bangladesh was later withdrawn from the tournament and replaced by Scotland. The issue was resolved after the BCB avoided a fine from the ICC and secured hosting rights for an ICC event in 2028.Bangladesh also stopped the telecast of IPL matches in the country.
