Bangladesh has been eliminated from the T20 World Cup and its stubbornness has sealed Scotland’s fate. The team which could not qualify for the World Cup suddenly got a chance to play in it. After Bangladesh’s defeat, Pakistan started throwing tantrums. There was a hue and cry about boycotting the World Cup but now it has formally decided that it will play the tournament but will not play the group match against India to be held on February 15. Pakistan may have to pay a heavy price for this, which includes steps like suspension, financial fine from the ICC. If Pakistan does not play a match against India in the World Cup, then it will not be the first time that a team has refused to play a particular opponent or at a particular venue in an ICC tournament. This has happened a few times in the past also. Let us know when such situations first arose? Then was ICC action taken against those teams? If so, what kind of action was taken?
New Zealand did not play World Cup match in Kenya
In 2003, the ODI World Cup was jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Then New Zealand refused to play in Kenya due to security reasons. He asked ICC to shift his match to Nairobi but his demand was rejected. The result was that Kenya got a walkover. New Zealand had to lose points.
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England did not reach Zimbabwe to play World Cup match
In the 2003 World Cup itself, England had refused to play Zimbabwe in Harare. The reason was that there was a lot of bitterness in the relations between the then Zimbabwean government led by Robert Mugabe and the British government. England had asked the ICC to shift their match to be held in Harare out of Zimbabwe but this demand was rejected. When England did not turn up to play the match, Zimbabwe got a walkover. The loss of points was very heavy for England and the team was eliminated in the first round of the World Cup.
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Zimbabwe withdrew from the 2009 T20 World Cup
The 2009 T20 World Cup took place in England. The bitterness in the relations between Zimbabwe and England was still continuing. Then Zimbabwe withdrew its team from the World Cup after negotiating with the ICC because Britain does not give visas to their players. Under the agreement, Zimbabwe received the full fee from the ICC and in its place Scotland got the chance to play in the World Cup.
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Australia and West Indies did not play matches in Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup.
Australia and West Indies refused to play in Sri Lanka in the 1996 ODI World Cup. There was unrest in Sri Lanka at that time and LTTE activities were at their peak. The 1996 World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Australia and West Indies did not travel to Sri Lanka for their group matches and had to lose points. Coincidentally, that time Sri Lanka won the World Cup.
