Overview
- Kolkata Knight Riders bought Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.20 crore at the IPL 2026 mini-auction in Abu Dhabi.
- BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul said the board will monitor the matter to the end and views it through a cricketing lens rather than politics.
- BCCI officials said foreign players need government clearance and that no directive has been received regarding Bangladesh players.
- BJP leaders and some religious figures condemned the signing, with Sangeet Som labeling Shah Rukh Khan a “traitor.”
- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and former India batter Mohammad Kaif urged separating politics from the IPL and called for a wait-and-see approach.