T20 World Cup 2026: ICC replace Bangladesh with Scotland

 

It is now official: Scotland has replaced Bangladesh in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026, starting in India and Sri Lanka on February 7. It was inevitable after the International Cricket Council (ICC) gave the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) a 24-hour deadline a couple of days back, and on Saturday (January 24), finally cracked the whip.


It was only a matter of time before Bangladesh was replaced by Scotland, and the final call was taken on Saturday morning when it was learnt that ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta formally wrote to the ICC Board that Bangladesh's demands were not in line with ICC's policy.

In the letter, marked to all members of the Board, Gupta is believed to have mentioned that the BCB was not complying with the ICC Board's decision and that there was no other option but to invite another country - Scotland in this case - in place of Bangladesh for the marquee event. The copy, naturally, was marked to Aminul Islam, the BCB president, who is a member of the ICC Board.


Simultaneously, Gupta is understood to have also written to Cricket Scotland, sending them the formal invite to take part in the championship to be played in India and Sri Lanka. Cricbuzz reached out to Cricket Scotland CEO Trudy Lindblade. There was no immediate response from her at the time of writing this report, but Cricbuzz understands that hotlines between Dubai and Edinburgh started opening on Saturday morning.


Why Scotland, and what it means?

Scotland has been handed a berth in the World Cup based on their performances in previous ICC events, apart from their current ranking of No. 14. In the previous edition of the World Cup in 2024, they finished third in Group B on the same points as England, but lost out on NRR. In 2022, they beat West Indies in the group stage but finished third and thus failed to qualify for the Super 12. In 2021, they beat - incidentally, the team they are now replacing - Bangladesh in the group stage and topped their group. However, they went winless in the Super 12 round.

Incidentally, Scotland had missed out on qualification for this edition after finishing fourth in last year's European Qualifiers, with the Netherlands and Italy taking the two spots on offer. They have, however, previously benefited from a similar reprieve, gaining a late entry to the 2009 T20 World Cup following Zimbabwe's withdrawal.

The swap means Scotland will now be placed in Group C in the preliminary stage of the competition and will play West Indies (February 7), Italy (February 9) and England (February 14) in Kolkata, before travelling to Mumbai to take on Nepal on February 17.

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