A senior Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) official calling former Bangladesh skipper Tamim Iqbal “an Indian agent” has not gone down well with the players in the country. Tamim had urged the country’s Cricket Board to avoid being driven by “public emotion” while deciding the national team’s participation in next month’s T20 World Cup in India, as any such call would have an “impact 10 years down the line”.

Bangladesh have expressed reluctance to tour India for the event starting February 7 and want their matches to be shifted to co-host Sri Lanka, citing security concerns. This was after Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman was released from IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders on instructions of the BCCI for unspecified reasons amid attacks on Hindus here.