Bangladesh journos claim accreditation was rejected, ICC issue clarification:Global body says 80-90 journos applied, only 40 will be accepted

The rift between the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) refuses to end. After Bangladesh refused to travel to India for the T20 World Cup 2026, the accreditation of Bangladeshi journalists has been delayed. More than 80-90 journalists from Bangladesh applied for accreditation to cover the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka, but the ICC have claimed that they can approve the documentation of only 40-odd scribes. Bangladeshi media on Tuesday reported that the accreditation of many reputed and experienced journalists has been rejected. ICC later clarified to PTI that they are reworking on the issue. “There is a reworking of the process since there is a change in the number of requests and the schedules. The accreditation lists are being worked out accordingly,” ICC sources told PTI. ICC issues clarification on accreditation issue Roughly 80-90 Bangladeshi journalists applied for the media accreditation and sources said, even if their team was participating in the ICC event, not all requests could be accommodated. “If you go by country quota, you can’t exceed the number beyond 40. The ICC goes by the recommendations of the home board and accordingly takes a call on applications,” sources added. In Dhaka, BCB media Amjad Hossain said he has taken up the matter with the ICC. “The decision came only yesterday, and we have sought to know [the details]. An explanation has been requested. This is an internal and confidential matter, but to summarizewe wanted to know why this was done,” Hossain told reporters in Dhaka. What next for Bangladesh? It has been learned that members of the Bangladesh media will need to apply for the accreditation all over again, and their applications will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Meanwhile, ICC have replaced Bangladesh with Scotland, in Group C, even as Pakistan mull their participation in the tournament.