Scotland replace Bangladesh in T20 WC, reports Cricbuzz

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Saturday decided to replace Bangladesh with Scotland in the upcoming T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in India and Sri Lanka from February 7, according to cricket website, Cricbuzz.

Scotland were the top-ranked team not to have qualified for the global event, and were the first option to replace Bangladesh should the country decide to stick to its position of not traveling to India even after a vote on this issue yielded a 14-2 verdict against them in ICC.

Cricbuzz reported that the final call was taken on Saturday morning as ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta formally wrote to the ICC Board that the demands of Bangladesh were not in order with the ICC policy.

In the letter, marked to all the members of the Board, Gupta is believed to have mentioned that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is not complying with the ICC Board's decision and there is no other way than to invite another country, Scotland in this case, in place of Bangladesh for the marquee event.

The copy, naturally, has been marked to Aminul Islam, the BCB president, who is a member of the ICC Board.

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