India’s tour of Bangladesh is effectively off after the government refuses permission- Reports

According to sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the August India tour of Bangladesh is probably going to be canceled due to the circumstances that have been going on in the nation in recent months.

A three-match T20I series is scheduled to start on August 26 after India's three-match ODI series, which is scheduled to start on August 17.     

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has suspended preparations for the short white-ball series that is set for next month, though no formal statement has been made. It makes sense that the nations' declining diplomatic ties are having an adverse effect.

Speaking about the India tour of Bangladesh, a BCCI source told ANI, "India tour of Bangladesh is likely to be called off as the government has advised the BCCI not to go there as the situation is not ok there. The official announcement regarding this will be made soon."

India last travelled to Bangladesh in 2024, where both teams locked horns against each other in a three-match T20I (3-0) and a two-match Test series (2-0).

Bangladesh holding off the media rights tender for the India series 

The BCB's decision to halt the sale of its media rights was the first obvious indication that the tour would be canceled or at least postponed. The initial plan was for the technical bidding to take place on Monday, July 7, and the financial bidding to take place on Thursday, July 10.

The BCB is still hopeful that the India series, which is a guaranteed source of revenue for any cricket board, might be postponed.

"The date for the India series hasn't been fixed yet. They (the BCCI) said it's difficult for them to come in August. This is part of FTP. We will continue, we will take time to research the market. There is no point in rushing things. We can give different contracts," a BCB official told Cricbuzz.

"They have informed us that there is no India series. After announcing the tender, they did not provide the ITT. They are selling, for now, only for the Pakistan series," an Indian broadcaster told Cricbuzz.

Since student protests in Bangladesh last year descended into violence and ultimately resulted in the overthrow of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League administration, relations between the two neighbors have been worse.

The interim government that has been in power in Bangladesh since August 8 of last year has Muhammad Yunus, an economist and Nobel laureate, as its chief adviser.

Tensions between New Delhi and Dhaka have increased as a result of Yunus' aggressive remarks against India, particularly the "landlocked" northeastern region of the country, as well as similar remarks made by other senior officials in the interim government.

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