India Vs Bangladesh Cricket Controversy: Now Pakistan has tried to infiltrate into the cricket dispute between India and Bangladesh. There has been a lot of tension in India-Bangladesh relations in recent times. It started with the release of Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. Rahman was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for a huge amount of Rs 9.20 crore, but the team released this Bangladeshi player on the instructions of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). As soon as KKR did this, Bangladesh Cricket Board has demanded from ICC to shift its matches in T20 World Cup to some other venue instead of India. This tournament is going to start next month i.e. from 7th February.

Where are Bangladesh’s matches in India?

In the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, Bangladesh has to play four league stage matches in India, out of which 3 are at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and 1 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. ICC has rejected this demand of Bangladesh Cricket Board, but despite this it is adamant on its demand that it will not send Bangladeshi players to India for the tournament due to security reasons. In such a situation, now the Pakistan Cricket Board has proposed to the ICC that it is ready to host Bangladesh’s matches in the T20 World Cup. However, it is very unlikely that the ICC will accept Pakistan’s proposal.

T20 World Cup will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka

ICC T20 World Cup 2026 will be played hosted by India and Sri Lanka. In the T20 World Cup, Pakistan team will play all its matches in Sri Lanka only. Pakistan had already said this before the ICC. In such a situation, the schedule was also prepared accordingly. At the same time, the case of Bangladesh is completely different. Bangladesh has demanded to change its venue at the last moment. In such a situation this is not possible at all. Booking of hotel and traveling tickets has already been done as per the schedule. Because of this the demand of Bangladesh cannot be met.

Why was Mustafizur released from IPL 2026?

Mustafizur Rahman has become the main reason for the ongoing cricket dispute between India and Bangladesh. In such a situation, many people will have this question in their mind that why KKR released Rahman after buying him. In fact, the whole matter is that for some time now, there has been protest in India against the violence against minority Hindus in Bangladesh. In this protest, the issue of Mustafizur also came up and it was demanded that Bangladesh players should be boycotted in IPL. In such a situation, BCCI had again ordered the release of Mustafizur Rahman.

Five Major Controversies Between India and Bangladesh In Cricket: There is a tough rivalry between India and Bangladesh on the cricket field. This is the reason why Bangladeshi players have lost their temper against Team India many times. However, if we talk about equality with the Indian cricket team, the Bangladesh cricket team is nowhere in front of it. Despite knowing this bitter truth, Bangladeshi fans did bad things many times and conflicts have also been seen between players. In such a situation, here we are going to tell you about the five biggest controversies that have taken place so far regarding cricket between these two countries.

5 big controversies in cricket between India and Bangladesh

1. Controversy over derogatory picture of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

The biggest dispute between India and Bangladesh was regarding a poster of former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Before the final of the 2016 Asia Cup, a Bangladeshi fan had made an insulting photoshopped picture of Dhoni viral. In this picture, the severed head of MS Dhoni was shown in the hand of Bangladeshi bowler Taskin Ahmed. As soon as this picture appeared on social media, there was anger among the Indian people.

2. Controversy of pushing and shoving in the final of Under-19 World Cup

Who can forget the clash between India and Bangladesh in the final of the 2020 Under-19 World Cup? Unfortunately, Team India lost in this final match. In such a situation, Bangladeshi players crossed the limits in celebrating the victory and got into trouble with the Indian team. In this incident there was a scuffle between the players of both the teams.

3. Controversy over collision between Dhoni and Mustafizur

The incident of collision between Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Mustafizur Rahman in a match played between India and Bangladesh in 2015 was also in the news. The Indian team on Bangladesh tour was playing its ODI match in Mirpur. In this match, when Dhoni was batting, Mustafizur was repeatedly coming in front of the batsman in his follow through, due to which there was difficulty in scoring runs. During one such run, there was a collision between Dhoni and Mustafizur. After this, the match referee also imposed some fines on both the players.

4. Controversy of Mushfiqur Rahim’s celebration before victory

Who can forget Mushfiqur Rahim’s celebration before the victory in the decisive match of the 2020 T20 World Cup between India and Bangladesh? In this match, Rahim started celebrating on the field even before the victory by hitting a four, but he and Mahmudullah were out on the next two balls and India won by 1 run. A few days later, when India lost to West Indies in the semi-finals, Rahim took a dig at Team India with Dhoni’s photo. Due to this, Mushfiqur Rahim was criticized a lot, after which, he apologized and deleted the tweet.

5. Naagin dance controversy in Nidahas Trophy

The Naagin dance controversy in the final of the Nidahas Trophy between India and Bangladesh in 2018 was also much talked about. Before the final, when Bangladeshi team defeated Sri Lanka, their players did Naagin dance on the field. After this, when the final took place, all the Sri Lankan fans in the stadium were supporting India. When Dinesh Karthik gave victory to Team India by hitting a six on the last ball, the Sri Lankan fans in the stadium celebrated by doing Naagin dance. Bangladesh had criticized it after this incident.