Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman is in the headlines for being dropped from IPL 2026. Meanwhile, he created history by taking 400 wickets in T20, he has become the fast bowler to touch this figure in the least number of matches. Mustafizur has left Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz behind.

Mustafizur Rahman has become the fast bowler to take 400 wickets in the least number of matches in T20 cricket. He broke the record of Pakistan’s Wahab Riaz, who had done this in 335 matches. Mustafizur completed 400 wickets in 315 T20 matches.

Mustafizur Rahman created history

Mustafizur has become the second bowler of Bangladesh to take 400 T20 wickets. At number one is Shakib Al Hasan, who has 507 T20 wickets in his name. Let us tell you that there are only 11 bowlers in the world who have touched this figure. Afghanistan’s spinner Rashid Khan is at first place in terms of taking most T20 wickets. He has taken 687 wickets in 508 matches. In this list, West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo (631) is at second place and Sunil Narine (609) is at third place.

Mustafizur Rahman achieved this feat in BPL (Bangladesh Premier League). The fast bowler playing for Rangpur Riders completed 400 T20 wickets by taking the first wicket in the match against Sylhet Titans on Saturday. He took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs in the match.

If we look at Mustafizur’s T20 statistics, he has taken 5 wickets 4 times and 4 wickets in a match 6 times. His economy is 7.43. He has played a total of 60 matches for 5 teams in IPL.

Why did KKR release from IPL 2026?

Kolkata Knight Riders bought Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.20 crore in the mini auction for IPL 2026. However, a few days ago there was protest against it and KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan started being criticized, this was happening in protest against the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. Meanwhile, BCCI directed KKR to release the Bangladeshi player. KKR gave this information in an official statement.

Ever since Mustafizur Rahman has been expelled from IPL, the cricket boards of India and Bangladesh have come face to face. Earlier Bangladesh had threatened not to come to India to play T20 World Cup 2026 and now it is preparing to ban the telecast of Indian Premier League in its country. Actually, the rights to broadcast IPL in Bangladesh till the year 2027 are with a company called T Sports.

Bangladesh’s Justice, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Advisor Asif Nazrul is continuously spewing venom against India. Now he has said through a Facebook post that the telecast of IPL in Bangladesh should be completely banned.

Asif Nazrul has urged the Information and Broadcasting Ministry of Bangladesh to ban the telecast of IPL matches in response to BCCI expelling Mustafizur from the Indian Premier League. However, no official statement from Bangladesh Cricket has come out on this.

According to the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026, Bangladesh has been placed in Group C, in which England, Italy, Nepal and West Indies are also present. Bangladesh will play its first match with West Indies on 7 February. Bangladesh has to play its World Cup matches in Kolkata and Mumbai. Since Bangladesh’s stance of not going to India for the T20 World Cup has come to the fore. In such a situation, it will also be interesting to see whether Bangladesh’s matches will be held in India or any changes will be made regarding the venue.

After the auction held in December, the IPL squad of all 10 teams is ready. Mustafizur Rahman was bought by KKR for Rs 9.2 crore, but as per the instructions of BCCI, Kolkata Knight Riders team has released him from their squad.

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by IPL (IPL) Franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Has been instructed to release Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Mustafizur Rahman will no longer be able to play in IPL. He has been thrown out of the league. In such a situation, the question is why BCCI had to take action. After such a big controversy, why did the KKR franchise itself not release Mustafizur Rahman? Here you will get the answer in simple language.

First of all, let us tell you that Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman was bought by KKR franchise for Rs 9.20 crore in the IPL 2026 auction. However, after the recent violence against Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, questions were continuously being raised on KKR and team owner Shahrukh Khan. BCCI was also being criticized. Many big politicians had raised questions on the playing of Bangladeshi players in IPL. Seeing the growing controversy, BCCI now intervened in the matter and directed KKR to release Mustafizur Rahman.

kkr Why didn’t he himself throw out Mustafizur Rahman?

Many people want to know why BCCI had to take action after so much controversy. After all, why did KKR not drop this Bangladeshi player from its team? In such a situation, let us tell you that no IPL franchise can drop any player from the team after buying it in the auction. The player is either unavailable, injured, or withdraws from the league. Once bought in the auction, the franchise does not have the right to remove a fit and available player. That is why BCCI had to intervene in the matter. Only after the instructions of the board, a franchise can drop any fit and available player from the IPL or rather from the team.

Many big questions arose after the ouster of Mustafizur Rahman.

The first question in this is that Bangladesh team has to come to India next month to play in the 2026 T20 World Cup. All the tournaments of Bangladesh are to be held in India only. This global tournament will start from 7th February. In such a situation, will Bangladesh team also not come to India like Pakistan and play its matches in Sri Lanka?, No one has the answer to this right now.

The second biggest question is that many franchises (teams) of Indian owners are also in foreign leagues. Like right now a team of Mumbai Indians is playing MI Emirates in ILT20, in which Shakib Al Hasan of Bangladesh is also playing. Will he also be dropped from the team now? Apart from this, team owners in many other foreign leagues are Indians. It has only those owners whose teams are in IPL. In such a situation, will they also not keep Bangladeshi players in their team?, No one has the answer to this yet.

Mustafizur Rahman is in the news right now. He will play for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2026, due to which many people are criticizing this franchise as well. The owner of this team is Shahrukh Khan, that is why some politicians and Bhagwatcharya are giving controversial statements on him, calling him a traitor. Controversy on this is increasing.

Mustafizur Rahman is the only player of Bangladesh, who was sold in the auction held for IPL 2026. It was not that only Kolkata Knight Riders wanted to buy him, because if it was so, his price would not have crossed Rs 9 crore. However, KKR included Mustafizur in their squad by making the highest bid of Rs 9.20 crore. There was not much controversy then, but why is it suddenly being opposed now?

What is the reason for the dispute?

A few days ago, there was mob lynching of two Hindu youths in Bangladesh. Both were brutally murdered. Some of its videos also went viral on social media, which increased the anger of the Indian people. The ruckus increased and then some people started raising demands on social media that when this is happening to Hindus in Bangladesh, then how can their players come to India and play after getting such a huge amount of money.

Demands started rising to ban Bangladeshi players from IPL. The controversy further increased when Devkinandan Thakur called Shahrukh Khan anti-India and anti-Hindu. BJP leader Sangeet Som called Shahrukh a traitor. After this this controversy increased further.

Will there be a IPL ban for Bangladesh players?

Currently, Pakistan is the only country whose players cannot play in the world’s biggest cricket league, IPL. Regarding Bangladesh players, a BCCI official told InsideSport that at present there is nothing due to which Bangladesh players should be banned. According to the report, he said, “Mustafizur Rahman will play IPL and Bangladesh is not an enemy country.”