India, April 4 -- The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wrote to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to enhance the bilateral engagements between the two teams. Relations between the two countries hit rock bottom earlier this year after Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman was released by the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) due to a BCCI diktat. The political tensions between India and Bangladesh rose after multiple Hindus were killed in Bangladesh, and this led to social media outrage over KKR acquiring Rahman in the auction.

The sentiment eventually led the BCCI to order KKR to release Rahman from the squad. This then had a ripple effect as Bangladesh refused to travel to India for the T20 World Cup 2026, and eventually, the Bangla...