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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India’s legendary spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin has been unsold in the auction. The auction of the ILT20 league was held in Dubai today, in which Ashwin’s base price was one lakh 20 thousand dollars, which is equal to about 1 crore rupees in Indian currency. Given Ashwin’s records and figures, his auction was a shocking subject.

Ashwin had registered for the ALT20 League auction after taking retirement from international cricket and IPL a few months ago. His registration was very much discussed. Ashwin played a total of 221 matches for 5 different teams in his Indian Premier League career, in which he took 187 wickets as a bowler. At the same time, he has 833 runs in batting.

In the last auction of IPL, he was bought by Chennai Super Kings for Rs 9.75 crore. In the 2025 season, he was able to take only 7 wickets in 9 matches. Well, Ashwin may have been unsold in the LT20 auction, but in the meantime he has signed the deal for the next season of Big Bash League. Ashwin will play for Sydney Thunder in the next season of BBL starting on 14 December.

Ashwin will become the first male cricketer who has played in BBL as soon as he plays the first match for Sydney Thunder.

Ashwin himself had told, “The management of Sydney Thunder was very clear about how he would work with me in the team. My talks with the officials were very good and both sides agreed to the role in my team. I am desperate to perform well for the Thunder team.”

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Former wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team Dinesh Karthik will once again be seen playing in the foreign league. Last year, Karthik played in South Africa’s SAT20 League. Now Karthik will be seen playing in the International T20 League i.e. LT20. He will be part of the team of Sharjah Warriors in this league. Karthik has replaced Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Kusal Mendis in the Warriors team. The coach of this team is former South African cricketer JP Duminy.

On joining this league, Dinesh Karthik said, “I am very excited to join the Sharjah Warriors team for the DP World ILT20 tournament. I know that he is a young team and whatever desires to do something special. I am happy to come here. Sharjah is also one of the prestigious stadiums where everyone wants to play. The dream is like coming true. “

This will be the second foreign T20 league for Dinesh Karthik. He has earlier been a part of SA20’s team Parl Royals in South Africa. For Royals, he scored 97 runs in six innings. Karthik is also the batting coach of IPL 2025 Champions Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

In RCB, Karthik worked closely with Tim David of Australia, one of the foreign players of Sharjah Warriors. Warriors’ head coach Duminy said, “Dinesh Karthik is one of the most experienced players and has mastered T20 cricket. I am very excited to find him in his team for the upcoming session of DP World ILT20.”

Dinesh Karthik has 7437 runs in 412 T20 matches. During this time, he has scored 35 half -centuries with runs scoring runs from a strike of 136.66. He has scored 686 runs in 60 T20 Internationals for India at 142.61 strike rate.

ILT20 2025: The fourth season schedule of the International League T20 (ILT20) has been released. This time the tournament will start from 2 December 2025 and will be played till 4 January 2026. The league will begin with a high-voltage match, in which defending champions Dubai Capitals will face desert wipers. The match will be remat of the final of the previous season and will be played at Dubai International Stadium.

A total of 34 matches, 6 teams will clash for the title

This time in ILT20, 6 teams will also field for the title. Abu Dhabi Knight Riders, Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants, Desert Wipers, MI Emirates and Sharjah Warriors. There will be a total of 34 matches in the tournament, including 30 league stage and 4 playoffs.

Eliminator and finals will be played in Dubai

Qualifier-1 in Abu Dhabi and

Qualifier-2 will be held in Sharjah.

The matches will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Carry with sa20

This time the South Africa’s SA20 League will be in comparison to the ILT20, as the SA20 will begin from December 26. The big challenge will be that many foreign players are common in both the leagues. Now it will be seen to see which league players prefer and which teams can remove their best XI.

Ashwin expected to return

Indian cricket veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin also recently showed interest in playing in this league. He has recently retired from International Cricket and IPL. Due to this, Ashwin is now considered ready to start a new innings in the Global T20 Leagues. There are reports that Ashwin has considered writing his name for the ILT20 auction. If everything is fixed then fans can see them playing in this league.

Apart from this, Ashwin is also talking to Cricket Australia to join Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL). If he plays in both the leagues, then it will be a new chapter of his career.

India’s veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has retired twice within just 8 months. First he put his international a break on the Australian tour. At the same time, he has also taken retirement from IPL a few days ago. Now a report by cricbing has revealed that Ashwin wants to play in the International League T20 (LT20) and for this he has made up his mind to name in auction.

The ILT20 is played in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to Cricbuzz, the league organizers have also had a conversation with Ashwin. Ashwin’s name can be seen in the auction list after completion of the formalities of the enrollment. Let us tell you that the last 10 September to register the name for the auction in the league is September 10.

According to Cricbuzz, Ashwin said on playing in the foreign league, “Yes, I am in touch with the organizers. Hopefully if I go to the auction, I will definitely get a buyer. Let us know that the first International League T20 used to have a draft system to sign the players, but the auction process for the coming season has been implemented. The auction will be in Dubai on 30 September.

This will be the fourth season of ILT20, if Ashwin is bid in the auction, then it will be a big thing for this league of UAE. Earlier, only 3 Indian cricketers have played in this league, named Robin Uthappa, Ambati Rayudu and Yusuf Pathan. Ashwin has a lot of experience and was also seen playing the role of match winner in the IPL for a long time. Ashwin has scored 1233 runs in addition to taking 317 wickets in his 333 matches T20 career.

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