- Dhaka orders suspension of IPL protection with rapid impact.
- Assertion cites Mustafizur Rehman’s launch by IPL franchise.
- Resolution made in public curiosity, by way of related approval: assertion.
Marking one other main escalation between Bangladesh and India, the previous has ordered an indefinite ban on the telecast and promotion of the Indian Premier League (IPL), India In the present day reported on Monday.
The tournament-related broadcasts, promotions and occasion protection have all been suspended by Bangladeshi authorities with rapid impact, in a choice taken within the public curiosity and accepted by the suitable authority.
The transfer comes within the aftermath of the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) resolution to “launch” Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman after being advised to take action by the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI).
The KKR’s resolution adopted amid rising tensions between the 2 nations, which noticed lots of protest close to Bangladesh’s Excessive Fee in New Delhi after Hindu manufacturing facility employee Dipu Chandra Das was killed in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district.
Other than the mentioned incident, there have been protests in Bangladesh towards India as properly in relation to the homicide of fashionable pupil chief Sharif Osman Hadi, with Bangladeshi police saying that the suspects, Faisal Karim Masud and Alamgir Sheikh had fled to India via the Haluaghat border.
“There isn’t a logical motive for this resolution of the BCCI and such a choice has distressed, shocked and angered the folks of Bangladesh,” reads the Bangladeshi authorities’s IPL-related whereas order referring to the Mustafizur controversy.
“No rational motive for such a choice by the Indian Cricket Board is thought, and such a choice has pained, saddened, and aggrieved the folks of Bangladesh.”
“Beneath these circumstances, till additional discover, a request is made as per directions to cease the published/telecast of all matches and programmes of the IPL,” provides the order as reported by NDTV.
Dhaka’s transfer provides to its resolution towards going to India for the T20 World Cup 2026 because of its issues on the “total circumstances” within the neighbouring nation.
Citing rising issues relating to the protection and safety of the Bangladesh contingent, the BCB mentioned that the Bangladesh crew won’t play its video games in India.
It added that it has formally requested the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) to relocate all of Bangladesh’s matches from India to Sri Lanka — which can be co-hosting the occasion.
It’s pertinent to know that the T20 World Cup 2026 begins on February 7, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka. Bangladesh are scheduled to play their 4 group matches in India.
Pakistan will play all their matches in Sri Lanka, a part of a deal that permits each India and Pakistan to play at impartial venues in multi-nation tournaments.
Political relations between India and Bangladesh soured after a mass rebellion in Dhaka in 2024 toppled then-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, an in depth ally of New Delhi.
