Bangladesh, who’ve now been changed in Group C by Scotland, had requested for his or her video games to be switched from India, citing security considerations amid rising tensions between the international locations.

Relations between the South Asian neighbours have soured since former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India in 2024, following lethal protests.

India has not agreed to ship her again regardless of a number of requests, and violent protests broke out after Sharif Osman Hadi – a outstanding pupil chief in Bangladesh – was shot useless.

India itself has raised considerations over violence focusing on members of the minority Hindu neighborhood in Bangladesh.

In December, a Hindu man was accused of blasphemy and overwhelmed to dying by a mob in an incident that resulted in protests by Hindu nationalist teams in India.

In opposition to that political backdrop, Indian Premier League (IPL) aspect Kolkata Knight Riders launched Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman in January after being instructed to take action by the Board of Management for Cricket in India.

In response, Bangladeshi authorities banned broadcasts of the IPL within the nation.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board then requested that their World Cup fixtures be performed in Sri Lanka.

The ICC – the game’s governing physique – rejected that request, saying there was an “absence of any credible safety menace” and gave the BCB a closing 24 hours wherein to declare their participation.

When that deadline handed, Scotland had been invited to the event.

The ICC stated it was eager to not set up “precedents that might undermine the neutrality and equity of ICC occasions”.