00:00VCCI not speaking here, but another situation where ICC is speaking a lot.
00:04Which is the situation of the ultimatum that Bangladesh has got from the ICC board as well, right?
00:09Talk to us a little bit about that. Why is that happening?
00:13That, I'm afraid, is a very serious situation that international cricket finds itself in.
00:18Just to, you know, break it down to our viewers.
00:21You've had situations in the past where countries have refused to play in a World Cup in a particular host nation.
00:27But the worst that you've had is that they don't play that one particular game.
00:32They forfeit the points.
00:33It's never had a major repercussion or a major dent to the tournament per se.
00:38Because a lot of those teams like Australia, like West Indies, like England,
00:42who have opted out to certain games in either Sri Lanka or Zimbabwe in the past,
00:46they've gone on to, you know, play the tournament, maybe even reach semifinals and finals and so on and so forth.
00:51This is for the very first time.
00:53There is a serious threat of a team being completely removed from the tournament.
00:59Where we are at the moment, Bangladesh is saying, nothing doing.
01:02We're not coming to India and playing.
01:05ICC is saying, nothing doing.
01:07You let us know by Wednesday.
01:08If you can't find a solution, we are not ready to swap your groups.
01:12We are not ready to put you in a neutral venue.
01:14We are going to get the next ranked team, which is Scotland,
01:18which, by the way, hasn't qualified for the T20 World Cup, hasn't been prepping.
01:21Most teams have been prepping for that tournament for a year, year and a half.
01:24The tournament starts in less than a month's time.
01:27Scotland would be told the 11th hour, you're in and Bangladesh, you're out.
01:31That, I'm afraid, could be a serious situation.
01:33And I'll tell you why I'm saying that.
01:35One, to have our team being removed.
01:37And secondly, we're just hearing from Pakistan.
01:40It was reported widely in Pakistani media.
01:42Because remember, India and Pakistan have been loggerheads.
01:45Pakistan is using this opportunity.
01:46And their government has let this information out in their media.
01:51That if Bangladesh is removed, we will also review our situation of participating in the tournament.
01:54Wow, so this is just snowballing.
01:56Yes.
01:56This is just snowballing.
01:57This is not the last we've heard.
01:58And this is just going out of hand.
02:00So let's see how this goes.
02:01Nikhil, just leaving it there for positive time over there.
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