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Bangladesh connected Monday (January 5, 2026) banned the broadcast of IPL's upcoming play successful the wake of pacer Mustafizur Rahman's ouster from the world's biggest T20 league connected BCCI instructions.
A connection from Bangladesh Information and Broadcast Ministry stated that nary "logical reason" was fixed by the BCCI portion instructing IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to merchandise Rahman from its 2026 roster.
The IPL is owed to commencement connected March 26.
The determination to prohibition IPL broadcast came a time aft Bangladesh refused to question to India for adjacent month's T20 World Cup and requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to displacement each its league games to Sri Lanka, the co-host of the tournament.
"No logical crushed for specified a determination (Rahman's release) by the BCCI is known, and specified a determination has saddened, hurt, and aggrieved the radical of Bangladesh," work the authorities notification.
"In this situation, until further notice, it is requested by bid to halt the broadcasting/telecasting of each matches and programs of the Indian Premier League (IPL).
"This bid is issued with the support of the due authorization and successful the nationalist interest," said the signed by adjunct caput Feroz Khan.
BCCI caput Devajit Saikia, portion announcing the diktat to merchandise Rahman, had simply stated that it was being done due to the fact that of "developments each around", without explaining the specifics.
The Indo-Bangladesh narration has deed a rocky spot aft the ouster of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India successful August past twelvemonth pursuing anti-government protests.
She was sentenced to decease successful absentia by a tribunal for her alleged relation successful a deadly crackdown during the agitation successful which respective students were killed.
Hindus person been targetted for convulsive attacks since Hasina's ouster.
