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Top Bangladesh cricket official sacked by board amid World Cup row
Khaleej Times
|January 16, 2026
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday sacked a senior official after their leading men's cricketers went on strike, escalating a crisis that has already seen the nation refuse to tour India for next month's T20 World Cup.
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The BCB has been in turmoil since ties with India soured, prompting Dhaka to ask the International Cricket Council to shift its group matches to co-host Sri Lanka.
The World Cup begins on February 7, with Bangladesh still scheduled to play four games in India.
The row deepened after Najmul Islam, head of the BCB's finance committee, lashed out at the players who demanded compensation from the board if the team were to pull out of the marquee competition.
"We are spending so much money on them, they are not being able to do anything in different places," Najmul said.
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