New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The six-match white-ball cricket series between Bangladesh and India - three ODIs and three T20 internationals, scheduled for September - has reached the point where it requires foreign ministers to save it. Bangladesh Sports Minister Aminul Haque confirmed this week that the negotiations are no longer a cricket matter. "It is being worked on at the ministerial level," he told reporters, describing an ongoing exchange between the foreign ministries of both nations aimed at salvaging a tour that was already postponed once before.

a phrase that appears in diplomatic readouts when normal channels have run out of road.

The series was originally set for August 2025. It was delayed when the diplomatic fallout from Bangla...