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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kolkata Knight Riders to release Bangladesh speedster Mustafizur Rahman from their squad for the upcoming edition of the tournament.
Saikia on Mustafizur Rahman
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia exclusively told Sports Tak that the IPL governing council asked KKR to release Bangladesh star Mustafizur Rahman. The BCCI also said that they will allow KKR to pick his replacement for the upcoming edition of the cash-rich league.
"Due to the recent developments that are going on all across, BCCI has instructed the franchise KKR to release one of their players, Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh, from their squad, and BCCI has also said that if they ask for any replacement, BCCI is going to allow that replacement" Saikia told
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KKR spent Rs 9.20 crore to get the services of Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur for the 19th edition of the cash-rich league from a base price of Rs 2 crore after an intense bidding war with Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Capitals at the players' auction last month. Notably, Mustafizur is the only Bangladeshi player who got picked in the mini-auction for the IPL 2026.
Why did BCCI advise KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman?
Amid growing demands from Indian politicians that the neighbouring country's cricketer, Mustafizur Rahman, should not be allowed to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of violence against minorities in Bangladesh.
IPL 2026 schedule
IPL 2026 is scheduled to start from March 26, and defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) will play the tournament opener as per the rules. However, the venue for the tournament opener is yet to be decided since RCB's homeground M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, has been banned from hosting any event with mass public gatherings.
KKR squad
Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Umran Malik
KKR picks in IPL mini auction
Cameron Green (25.20 cr), Matheesha Pathirana (18 cr), Mustafizur Rahman (9.20 cr), Tejasvi Singh (3 cr), Finn Allen (2 cr), Tim Seifert (1.50 cr), Rahul Tripathi (75 L), Kartik Tyagi (30 L), Daksh Kamra (30 L), Sarthak Ranjan (30 L), Prashant Solanki (30 L), Akashdeep (1 cr), Rachin Ravindra (2 cr)
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