<p>A day after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) cancelled its U-19 team’s tour of Bangladesh due to a low intensity bomb blast near the team hotel in Chittagong, BCB president Nazmul Hassan admitted the organisation of ICC World T20 in the country next year is under threat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 16-team tourney will be staged between March 16-April 6 and is considered to be the biggest ever sporting event organised by the country.<br /><br />“If this situation prevails, then any big tournament or participation of any big country will be under threat,” cricket board president Nazmul Hassan told reporters.<br /><br />Seventy four people have been killed so far in violent protests with opposition supporters insisting that PM Sheikh Hasina step down with elections due next year.<br /><br />The political violence has affected almost every city in Bangladesh, including the three host venues for the T20 tournament — the capital Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. <br /><br />A team of International Cricket Council (ICC) inspectors declared last week that they were “happy” with security arrangements but said they would continue to monitor the situation.</p>
<p>A day after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) cancelled its U-19 team’s tour of Bangladesh due to a low intensity bomb blast near the team hotel in Chittagong, BCB president Nazmul Hassan admitted the organisation of ICC World T20 in the country next year is under threat.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 16-team tourney will be staged between March 16-April 6 and is considered to be the biggest ever sporting event organised by the country.<br /><br />“If this situation prevails, then any big tournament or participation of any big country will be under threat,” cricket board president Nazmul Hassan told reporters.<br /><br />Seventy four people have been killed so far in violent protests with opposition supporters insisting that PM Sheikh Hasina step down with elections due next year.<br /><br />The political violence has affected almost every city in Bangladesh, including the three host venues for the T20 tournament — the capital Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. <br /><br />A team of International Cricket Council (ICC) inspectors declared last week that they were “happy” with security arrangements but said they would continue to monitor the situation.</p>