Bangladesh are due to host India for three ODIs and as many T20Is in August.
Aminul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, revealed that the fate of the tour hangs in the balance as the BCCI waits for an approval from the Indian government.
Bangladesh are due to host India for three ODIs and as many T20Is in August, but that looks uncertain under the current political unrest.
“We’re having positive discussions with the BCCI. It’s not like (hosting India) in August or September, we are having discussions on how we can do the series, and if we cannot host it now, we will do it at another possible time," Aminul told the media on Monday (June 30)
Bangladesh today commenced the murder trial of student activist Abu Sayeed, whose death during an anti-government protest in 2024 triggered a nationwide movement leading to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime.
Sayeed, a 23-year-old student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur, was shot dead by police on July 16, 2024, during demonstrations against the then Hasina government.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal accepted the prosecution’s charges against 30 individuals, including the former vice chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Hasibur Rashid, court officials said.
The tribunal issued arrest warrants for 26 of the accused, while four, the university’s former proctor, two policemen and a leader of the now disbanded Awami League’s student front Chhatra League, are already in jail.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam submitted a charge sheet, claiming that Sayeed’s killing was part of a systematic crackdown ordered by the then-prime minister and executed by senior police officials.
Since then, Bangladesh has been boiling, with continuous protests raging in the country, presumably due to which the Indian government is still mulling over sending the team.