NEW DELHI: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday said it has accepted the International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to remove Bangladesh from next month's T20 World Cup and replace them with Scotland, admitting that there were no further options available.

The ICC earlier confirmed Scotland as Bangladesh's replacement for the tournament, which will be jointly hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

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The decision followed Bangladesh's continued refusal to travel to India, citing security concerns, despite the ICC maintaining that an independent security assessment had found no specific threat to players or officials.

BCB media committee chairman Amjad Hossain said the board had made repeated efforts to resolve the situation but understood that the ICC was unwilling to reconsider its position, leaving Bangladesh with little choice but to accept the outcome.

"We have tried our best. We fully respect the ICC Board, and the Board's majority decision was that the match cannot be relocated," he said.

"Even after that, we tried in our own way and made requests. Since they will not do it or do not want to, there is nothing more we can do," Hossain added.

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"We have accepted the ICC Board's decision, as the ICC has said that we will not be able to go and play, nor can our match be shifted to Sri Lanka."

He indicated that the BCB might not go for "any separate arbitration or any other process".

"In this case, we cannot go to India to play, and our stance remains the same. We are not going into any separate arbitration or any other process here.

Were Bangladesh interested to playing?

"We have spoken with the government. The government has said that going to India to play in the World Cup would not be safe for us, for our players, journalists, or anyone accompanying the team," Hossain said.

"In that case, we requested that our match be shifted to Sri Lanka. However, the ICC did not agree to that, even after several rounds of meetings. Since the ICC did not respond, there is not much we can do because this is the government's decision.

The BCB had requested the ICC to either move their matches to Sri Lanka, or move their national team's positioning to Group C to Group B.

Both these requests, however, were not approved by the ICC whose Board had agreed that in case the BCB fails to obtain their government's clearance, Bangladesh would be replaced in the T20 World Cup.

"Due to security concerns, playing in India is not safe for us, and that is why this decision has been taken," he added.

(With PTI Inputs)