Cricket is not just a game, it is also the name of emotions and relationships, but when this game starts becoming a cause of conflict between countries, then the questions become bigger. These days, tension is clearly visible in the cricket relations between Bangladesh and India. The matter of exclusion of a player from IPL has now increased so much that IPL will no longer be telecast in Bangladesh. In such a situation, the question is whether BCCI can take some action against it?

The whole matter started with Mustafizur Rahman controversy

The controversy that started regarding Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman is no longer limited to cricket only. The matter heated up when the Board of Control for Cricket in India i.e. BCCI directed Kolkata Knight Riders to release Mustafizur Rahman from the team. Many people in Bangladesh have seen this decision as injustice to their player. Gradually this issue moved from the cricket board to the government and has become an issue between two countries.

Big deal between T Sports and Viacom18

The broadcasting rights of IPL in Bangladesh are currently with the sports channel T Sports. These rights were obtained under the deal signed with Viacom18 in 2023, which is valid till 2027. That means, legally, T Sports currently has full rights to show IPL. Despite this, now the news has come that the Bangladesh government has banned the telecast of IPL 2026.

Concern increased due to government’s entry

When Mustafizur Rahman’s case took a political turn, the Bangladesh government also became active. Some government advisors and leaders publicly said that if Bangladeshi players will be treated like this, then why should a tournament like IPL be telecast in the country.

Can BCCI stop this decision?

This is the biggest question. But the truth is that BCCI’s authority is limited to India. The broadcasting rights of IPL are different in every country under different broadcasters and local laws. If the Bangladesh government is banning the telecast of IPL in its country, then it is its local decision. BCCI can neither give orders to the government of any other country nor can it directly interfere in the broadcasting rules there.

ICC’s role is also limited

Many people are also asking whether ICC can interfere in this matter, but here also the situation is clear. ICC oversees the rules and tournaments of international cricket, while IPL is a domestic league. Broadcasting rights are entirely linked to contracts and business agreements. As long as there is no violation of any agreement, ICC does not have any special reason to intervene in it.

The way for legal battle opened

The Bangladesh government is putting an official ban on IPL broadcasting, so the next step could be legal. The agreement between T Sports and Viacom18 stipulates under what circumstances the broadcast can be stopped. If a ban is imposed without solid legal basis, the broadcaster can seek compensation or go to court. That means the matter is not only related to cricket, but also to deals worth crores and international business.

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After IPL 2026 mini auction, the squads of all 10 teams have been ready. Meanwhile, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has informed all the teams that IPL 2026 will start on March 26 and the final will be played on May 31 (IPL 2026 Start and End Date). There is a stir in Pakistan due to the arrival of the date of IPL 2026 schedule, because the Pakistan Cricket Board may have to suffer loss due to this.

The truth is that the 11th edition of Pakistan Super League, i.e. PSL 11, is also going to start on March 26 and its final will be played on May 3. This clearly means that the entire PSL tournament will be played when the excitement of IPL is at its peak in India.

Usually PSL is played in February-March, but in 2025 the Champions Trophy was held at that time. For this reason PSL 2025 was organized in mid-March. A similar situation has arisen this time also. Actually, the 2026 T20 World Cup will be played from 7 February-8 March.

Since the T20 World Cup will be played in the month of February-March, this time also the PSL has been postponed. The result of organizing IPL and PSL at the same time is that there is a decline in the viewership of PSL. Along with this, many international cricketers will not be able to play in Pakistan Super League due to IPL agreement.

The IPL 2026 auction has been completed, in which a total of Rs 215.45 crore was spent on 77 players. Australian all-rounder Cameron Green was the most expensive player of this auction, who was bought by KKR with a bid of Rs 25.2 crore. Apart from them, teams also spent a lot of money on Mathisha Pathirana and Liam Livingstone.

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IPL 2025 Resume Date: On 8 May, Delhi Capitals vs Punjab Kings match was stopped due to security reasons. After that the IPL 2025 was suspended for a week, but now the question is when the tournament will be resumed. So far, BCCI has not released any schedule, but different claims are being made regarding the date of the tournament being resumed. Meanwhile, RCB may get a big shock as per the revelations in a media report as Josh Hazlewood may be out of the rest of the tournament.

Big shock to RCB

According to a report published in ESPN Cricinfo, there is a doubt on Josh Hazlewood’s return in IPL 2025. Hazelwood, who could not play in the match against CSK on 3 May due to shoulder pain problem. Had the IPL 2025 not suspended, there were chances that Hazlewood was going to miss the rest of the matches.

Hazelwood has been struggling with injuries earlier as well, due to which he had to be eliminated from some matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This Australia bowler himself has stated that he continued the rehab process in the early phase of IPL 2025. According to this report, Cricket Australia has not expressed much concern about Hazlewood’s injury. The Australian board is hoping that Hazlewood will be part of the conditioning camp to be held in the UK.

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RCB players are also in the race for Orange Cap and Purple Cap in IPL 2025. On one hand, Virat Kohli remains in the race of Orange Cap by scoring 505 runs. Josh Hazlewood is currently the highest wicket -taking bowler for RCB. Hazelwood has taken 18 wickets in 10 matches so far.

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Gujarat Titans Coo Statement on IPL Home Advantage: Cricket is a game where only the team playing on their home ground will not necessarily win. Usually, home advantage proves very important in some other sports including football, but this is not the case in cricket. Talking about IPL 2025, in the 24 matches played so far, the team has lost more than 10 times who were playing on their home ground. The recent example of this is RCB, which lost by 6 wickets to Delhi Capitals at the last Thursday M Chinnaswamy Stadium. Now Arvinder Singh, COO of Gujarat Titans, has also jumped in the debate of getting home advantage in IPL.

In the current season of IPL, Mentor Zaheer Khan of Lucknow Super Giants, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Ajinkya Rahane and CSK head coach Stephen Fleming have also voiced that in IPL 2025, teams are not getting any home advantage.

No team is right …

Now during a conversation with the Times of India, the Chief Operating Officer of Gujarat Titans, Arvinder Singh, was asked whether the pitch should be prepared according to the home team? In response, he said, “It is not just a matter of this season, the rules of the Indian Premier League have been very clear from the beginning. The rules of cricket should be very clear and the same for everyone.” Arvinder Singh further said that no team should have the right to prepare the pitch according to its own. According to him, the rules of IPL do not give such approval to anyone.

What does the rule say?

In the IPL rules, section 1.11 says that along with choosing and preparing the pitch, the full right to organize the match is with the ground management. Talking about the Gujarat Titans team, it is currently at the top of the IPL 2025 points table. Gujarat’s team has registered 4 wins in five matches.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL 2025: Last Thursday, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost by 5 wickets to Lucknow Super Giants. The SRH team has established such a status that the bowling line-up of the opposing teams will be trembling. But in front of LSG, the Hyderabad batsmen were seen struggling so that no player of the team could even put fifty. It is not wrong to say that the Lucknow team has exposed the SRH team. Actually, there are 3 such players of the Hyderabad team, due to which the entire team of SRH becomes a fleet.

These 3 players fail, so SRH’s entire team flop

In IPL 2024, it was also worth noting that whenever one of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head had a single flop, the whole team collapsed under pressure. Something similar happened in the match against Lucknow Super Giants. Abhishek was dismissed for only 6 runs, while Ishaan Kishan became a victim of Golden Duck. Kishan, who played a century of 106 runs in the last match. The pressure on Travis Head also increased due to the early dismissal of these two batsmen.

When Abhishek and Kishan were out, Travis Head also appeared to make many mistakes under pressure. The result of this was that the head had many lives. He played an innings of 47 runs but LSG bowlers were constantly beating him with sharp balls. If you assess SRH’s performance in the match against Lucknow, Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Ishaan Kishan fail, then the entire batting unit of Hyderabad collapses under pressure.

3 biggest score SRH names of IPL

The 3 biggest scores in IPL history are SRH’s names. On all three occasions, at least one of the top-3 batsmen of the team has played a big innings. For example, Ishaan Kishan scored 106 runs in the match against Rajasthan this year. At the same time, when SRH scored a historic score of 287 runs, Travis Head scored 102 runs.

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