Key Highlights
- Bangladesh asked the ICC to shift their group matches from Kolkata and Mumbai to Sri Lanka, the event's co-hosts.
- Additionally, they suggested switching groups with Ireland, who would play all of their preliminary games in Sri Lanka.
- The ICC apparently denied both pleas. Although Bangladesh has not yet made an official announcement about their participation in the World Cup, which starts in less than three weeks, their departure would allow Scotland to take their place. But according to BBC Sport, the ICC has not started talks with Scotland, and Cricket Scotland is likewise reluctant to speak with the governing body because of the BCB's current predicament. After finishing fourth in the last year's European qualifiers, Scotland just missed out on qualifying for the T20 World Cup, when Italy and the Netherlands took the two open berths.
- In March, the Scottish players will play Namibia and Oman in a one-day international tri-series in Windhoek. BBC Sport also got in touch with the ICC in order to obtai clarification on the procedure for selecting a replacement squad in the event that a side withdraws.
- Zimbabwe withdrew from the 2009 T20 World Cup for political reasons, and Scotland was chosen to replace them because they were the 'next best' team in a pre-tournament global qualifying tournament.
