The exclusion of Bangladesh from 2026 T20 World Cup stems from a stalemate between Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and ICC regarding match locations.

Citing security concerns, BCB requested that their group-stage fixtures be moved from India to co-host Sri Lanka.

However, ICC rejected this demand following independent security assessments, which found no "credible or verifiable threat" to the team in India.

ICC also emphasized that late schedule changes were logistically unfeasible due to broadcast, ticketing, and operational commitments already in place for the February 7 start.

When BCB remained firm in its refusal to travel to India, ICC officially replaced them with Scotland, the highest-ranked team that hadn't originally qualified.

Now, Bangladesh will miss a T20 World Cup for the first time in history, while Scotland joins Group C alongside England and West Indies.