Dhaka, Sept. 16 -- A Bangladesh government probe has held Asif Nazrul, the sports adviser in the country's interim government at the time, solely responsible for the decision to withdraw the men's team from the T20 World Cup in India earlier this year.

The three-member committee, in its findings released on Tuesday, also pointed to shortcomings within the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), stating that it lacked "independent strategic leadership, crisis diplomacy capability and long-term planning" while dealing with the high-profile issue.

On January 24, following three weeks of discussions between the International Cricket Council (ICC) and BCB, the ICC replaced Bangladesh with Scotland in the T20 World Cup.

The decision came after a maj...