Bangladesh bans IPL broadcast amid growing tensions with India

The determination comes aft prima Bangladesh accelerated bowler Mustafizur Rahman was dropped by his IPL squad connected the BCCI’s directives.

Bangladesh’s interim authorities has banned broadcast ‍of this ‍year’s Indian Premier League (IPL), the latest flashpoint successful a increasing enactment with neighbouring India, which has present extended to cricket ties betwixt the 2 nations.

The determination follows the determination by the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI) to person the Kolkata Knight Riders driblet Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman, ​who had signed for the IPL franchise for ‍this season.

The unceremonious dumping of a “star player” similar Mustafizur from the IPL “defied logic” and had “hurt people”, the country’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said successful a connection explaining its decision.

Bangladesh person besides refused to play their matches of adjacent month’s Twenty20 (T20) World Cup successful India, demanding that those ‍be staged ⁠in Sri Lanka, co-host of the 20-team tournament.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board’s directors met successful an exigency gathering connected Sunday and confirmed their determination soon afterwards.

“Following a thorough appraisal of the prevailing concern and the increasing concerns regarding the information and information of the Bangladesh contingent successful India and considering the proposal from the Bangladesh Government, the committee of directors resolved that the Bangladesh nationalist squad volition not question to India for the tourney nether the existent conditions,” it said.

“The committee believes that specified a measurement is indispensable to safeguard the information and wellbeing of Bangladeshi players, squad officials, Board members and different stakeholders and to guarantee that the squad tin enactment successful the tourney successful a unafraid and due environment,” the connection added, urging the ICC to instrumentality swift action.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has not publically responded to Bangladesh’s ‌demand to play World Cup matches successful Sri Lanka.

Tensions person risen ‌in caller weeks betwixt India ⁠and Bangladesh.

Following the protests, the Indian committee asked ‍Knight Riders to driblet Mustafizur.

The IPL, the ​world’s richest T20 league, is scheduled ‌from March 26 to May 31.