Mustafizur Rahman was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 9.20 crore in the auction held for IPL 2026, but on the orders of BCCI, KKR had to release the Bangladeshi player. KKR gave this information officially. But now the question is whether its punishment will also fall on Shakib Al Hasan, who is a part of the MI family in the International League T20.

There is protest in India against the killing of 2 Hindu youths in Bangladesh, which also affected the IPL. Many people were criticizing KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan for buying Bangladeshi player Mustafizur Rahman. However, one side was blaming BCCI for this. This decision was taken after increasing opposition.

What did KKR tell?

Kolkata Knight Riders posted on social media on Saturday and wrote, “BCCI/IPL regulator has instructed KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman before the upcoming edition of IPL. This decision was taken after the instructions of BCCI. BCCI will allow KKR to replace Mustafizur. Further information will be shared at the right time.”

Will the blame fall on Shakib Al Hasan too?

Shakib Al Hasan is a part of MI Emirates team in International League T20. This team has reached the finals of the ongoing edition. The final match will be played between MI and Desert Vipers on 4 January. Let us tell you that there is protest against Bangladeshi players coming to India and playing in IPL. IPL is organized by BCCI.

Shakib Al Hasan is a part of MI Emirates in the International League T20, which is organized by the United Arab Emirates. A total of 6 teams play in this. For this reason, it will not affect Shakib Al Hasan’s play.

Shakib was not included in IPL 2026 auction list

Shakib Al Hasan has also played for Kolkata Knight Riders before. He has played 7 seasons for KKR and 2 seasons for Sunrisers Hyderabad, he was last seen playing IPL in 2021. Although according to the news, Shakib had also registered his name in the auction for the IPL 2026 season, but his name was not included in the final list of BCCI.

Kieron Pollard has been making waves in the cricket world for the last two decades. Even at the age of 38, this Caribbean batsman is causing havoc. He made headlines by scoring 30 runs in a single over in the International League T20. He achieved this feat in the 29th match of the league, in which MI Emirates faced Dubai Capitals. Pollard scored 30 runs including 4 sixes in a single over of Waqar Salamkhail.

Playing first in this match, Dubai Capitals had scored 122 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In reply, MI Emirates won the match by 8 wickets with 20 balls remaining. Pollard returned unbeaten after scoring 44 runs in 31 balls.

4 sixes, 30 runs in one over

MI Emirates had to score 40 runs in the last 6 overs to win. Waqar Salimkhail came to bowl in the 15th over, who had given only 13 runs in the first 3 overs of his spell. After bowling so hard, even Waqar would not have thought that this day was going to be very bad for him.

Pollard hit a six on the first ball of the 15th over and a four on the second ball. Pollard was swinging the bat so fast that after two hits the umpires had to check the ball to see if it had lost its shape. But the match continued with the same ball. 2 runs came on the third ball, while Pollard scored 6 runs on the last three balls and hit a hat-trick of sixes.

Kieron Pollard kills the chase with a 3️⃣0️⃣ run over!

Unmatched, belligerent hitting by the skipper. Clean, powerful, devastating!#MIEvDC #DPWorldILT20 #AllInForCricket #WhereTheWorldPlays pic.twitter.com/yMK70Wzx3R

— International League T20 (@ILT20Official) December 27, 2025

MI has gone to the playoffs

MI Emirates registered 7 wins in 10 matches in the league stage. MI has qualified for the playoffs. MI team will face Desert Vipers in the first qualifier match. The final of the ILT20 league will be played on January 4.

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At the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Liam Livingstone did something which even the spectators were stunned to see. England’s explosive batsman set the tone for the World ILT20 League in his very first match. Playing for Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Livingstone played a stormy innings of 82 runs in just 38 balls, which included 8 sixes and 2 fours. Thanks to his brilliant performance, the team scored a huge score of 233/4, which is the second highest score in the history of this league.

havoc in the last over

The most exciting part of Livingstone’s innings was the last over. Dwayne Pretorius came to bowl and was breathing a sigh of relief after bowling the first ball, but in the next moments his patience broke. Livingstone scored 33 runs in the over by hitting 5 consecutive sixes from the second to the sixth ball. This over not only gave new heights to his innings, but also changed the entire momentum of the match in favor of Knight Riders.

Great batting from beginning to end

Before Livingstone arrived, Alex Hales (32) and Alishan Sharafu (34) gave the team a fast start. Livingstone, who came at number 4, started playing big shots from the very beginning. Sherfane Rutherford also gave good support in the middle overs by scoring 45 runs in 27 balls and together they gave quadruple speed to the scoreboard.

Warriors team could not survive

Sharjah Warriors, who set a huge target of 234 runs, had a bad start. The team lost three key wickets in the powerplay itself, Johnson Charles (10), Tom Abel (6) and Tom Kohler-Cadmore (14). However, Tim David made the match a little exciting by playing a explosive inning of 60 runs in 24 balls. He also hit three sixes in one over of Piyush Chawla, but the run chase became difficult due to continuous fall of wickets.

In the end, Pretorius (39) and Adil Rashid (25) scored quickly, but the team could only reach 194/9. As a result, Knight Riders won the match by 39 runs.

Chris woakes and kamindu mendis: The first phase of the International League T20 (LT20) season 4 was held on Monday, July 7. In this league, teams will make a squad of 23 players, in which eight players can be retained or signed for direct franchisees. Auction is being done for the first time in this league. This league will start from December 4 and will run till 2 January.

These players joined Mi’s team

Mumbai Indians Emirates has included England star player Chris Woakes in his team. At the same time, Sri Lankan batsman Kamindu Mendis is also part of this team. The team also includes AM Gajanfar, Fazline Farooqui, Kusal Perera, Romio Shepherd, Tom Banton and Muhammad Wasim.

English player in KKR’s team

Two England batsmen Alex Hales and Liam Livingstone have been included in KKR’s franchise team Abu Dhabi Knight Riders. The part of this team is also accompanied by Sherfen Rutherford, Andre Russell, Charaith Asanka, Phil Salat, Sunil Naren and Alishan Sharafu.

These players involved in Dubai Capitals

The team of Dubai Capitals includes Dasun Shanaka, Dushmantha Chamera, Gulbadin Naib, Rovman Powell, Shai Hope (Ritten), Luke Wood, Waqar Salamkhil and Muhammad Jawadullah.

Gulf Giats players

The team of Gulf Giants consists of Ajmatullah Umarzai, Moin Ali, Ayan Afzal Khan, Blessing Mujarbani, Gerhard Erasmus, James Vince, Mark Adire (Ritten) and Rahmanullah Gurbaz.

Players join in the team of desert vipers

The team of Desert Wipers has Dan Lawrence, David Payne, Khuzima bin Tanveer, Lockey Ferguson, Max Holden, Sam Curren, Vanindu Hasranga (Riten) and Andrees Gouses.

Players of sharjah warriorz

The team of Sharjah Warriors includes Tim David, Johnson Charles, Kusal Mendis, Tim Southee, Tom Kohaler-Cadmore (Ritten), Mahesh Thikshana, Sikander Raza, and Saurabh Netrawalkar.

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