The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president, Rajeev Shukla, has shamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Mohsin Naqvi, by reminding everybody of Pakistan’s brutality in direction of Bangladesh in previous.

Rajeev Shukla acknowledged that Pakistan is interfering within the ICC-Bangladesh-BCCI matter with none purpose forward of the Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, they usually performed a significant hand within the Bangla Tigers’ axing from the marquee occasion.

Bangladesh booted out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2026

The Bangla Tigers had been all set to play the ICC Males’s T20 World Cup 2026, which is ready to be co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

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Nonetheless, now they may now not be seen within the match as Scotland have changed them in Group C after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to take part within the ICC Males’s T20 World 2026 as per the printed match schedule. Scotland shall be becoming a member of England, Italy, Nepal and the West Indies within the group.

The rationale BCB gave behind not visiting India was a safety menace for his or her gamers, and when ICC did their impartial assessments, they discovered no such points and urged Bangladesh to go to India by guaranteeing full safety.

Regardless of that, Bangladesh stated no to ICC, and in the course of the high-profile assembly between the officers and all cricket boards, it was determined that Bangladesh would get replaced by Scotland.

Nonetheless, the one nation that has repeatedly backed Bangladesh has been Pakistan. Regardless of having nothing to do with them, Pakistan have threatened to boycott the T20 World Cup as a protest towards the ICC.

Everybody is aware of the brutality executed by Pakistan on the Bangladeshis – BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla

When Rajeev Shukla was requested about Pakistan needlessly intervening within the ICC-Bangladesh-BCCI T20 World Cup state of affairs, he did not mince his phrases. Rajeev Shukla acknowledged that Pakistan are frightening Bangladesh, deceptive them and cited Pakistan’s 1971 genocide and rape horrors to hit again at Mohsin Naqvi.

“Pakistan is intervening within the matter with none purpose and frightening Bangladesh… Everybody is aware of the brutality executed by Pakistan on the Bangladeshis, and now they’re attempting to mislead them, which is totally mistaken…,” Shukla stated on Monday to ANI.

“We wished Bangladesh to play and we additionally assured full safety, however since they’ve made this choice, it is rather troublesome to alter all the schedule on the final second. This is the reason Scotland was introduced in..,” he added.

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— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2026

Notably, Pakistan and Bangladesh had been one nation from 1947, however deep inequality and oppression led to separation in 1971. Bangladesh, which was earlier referred to as East Pakistan, had a bigger inhabitants, energy and sources however was managed by West Pakistan.

Bangladesh was denied democratic rights when the 1970 election victory of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s occasion was ignored, and in March 1971 the Pakistan Military launched Operation Searchlight, finishing up mass killings, genocide, systematic rape of girls, concentrating on college students, intellectuals, and minorities, and killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, which made coexistence inconceivable and compelled Bangladesh to battle a Liberation Conflict, resulting in Pakistan’s give up on 16 December 1971 and Bangladesh changing into an impartial nation.

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His loss of life is a superb loss – BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla on Inderjit Singh Bindra

Whereas speaking in regards to the demise of former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra, BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla stated:

“His loss of life is a superb loss. He made vital contributions at each the ICC and nationwide ranges. I keep in mind that once we gained the World Cup in 1983, we did not have the cash to provide to the gamers. With the assistance of Lata Mangeshkar ji, every participant acquired Rs 1 lakh… Now that he’s now not with us, we pay our respects to him.”

BCCI vice-president Rajeev Shukla additionally spoke about Rohit Sharma and Harmanpreet Kaur being conferred with Padma Shri. He stated:

“Rohit Sharma deserves this for the way in which he carried out… This could have been given earlier, however we congratulate him on the award. Harmanpreet Kaur getting this award for her efficiency is the appropriate factor, as is the award to para athlete Praveen Kumar…”