Mustafizur Rahman Will Not Play In The IPL 2026: Bangladeshi fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman will no longer play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026. There was huge protest against Mustafizur in India. This protest was against the violence against people of minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. Shahrukh Khan’s team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) has been ordered by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that KKR can drop Mustafizur Rahman from its squad. In such a situation, it is now clear that no Bangladeshi player will be seen playing in IPL 2026.

KKR got a shock before IPL 2026

Shahrukh Khan’s team KKR has suffered a setback before IPL 2026. This franchise had bought death over specialist Mustafizur Rahman at a huge price in the mini auction, but now KKR will have to find a replacement for this Bangladeshi player. Amidst the protests in India regarding Mustafizur, BCCI instructed KKR that they can drop Mustafizur from the team. The same thing happened and he is out of IPL 2026.

Which teams had bid on Mustafizur?

Delhi Capital had started the opening bid for Mustafizur Rahman in the mini auction held at Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi for IPL 2026. As Delhi bid, Chennai Super Kings also jumped into the bidding for him. The bid between Delhi and CSK reached Rs 5.40 crore. In such a situation, Delhi withdrew itself. As soon as Delhi backed out, KKR entered the bidding war. KKR team had entered the auction with the biggest purse. In such a situation, it was clear that she would not allow CSK to buy this Bangladeshi player at any cost and this is what happened. This was the reason why the bid between CSK and KKR had reached Rs 9 crore 20 lakh.

For which teams has Mustafizur played in IPL?

After former Bangladesh star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman has been the second biggest Bangladeshi player who has left his mark in the IPL. This is the reason why Mustafizur has played for five teams each in IPL. Mustafizur played maximum three seasons for Delhi Capitals and two seasons he stayed in Sunrisers Hyderabad. Mustafizur has played one season each for Rajasthan, CSK and Mumbai. If we look at his record in IPL, he has played a total of 60 matches, in which he has taken 65 wickets.

The superhit film ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham’, released in 2001, still holds a special place in people’s hearts. The characters, dialogues and star cast of the film are equally memorable even today. But after 25 years, let us know where its stars are now and how old they are.

A cute video is going viral on social media, in this video a small child tells actress Kriti Sanon that he waited for four hours to meet her at the Mumbai airport. In the video, Kriti is seen sitting in her car. She smiles after listening to the child and talks with him for a while. Kriti also gets photographed with the child. After this, when the child talks about taking a photo with his father too, Kriti lovingly apologizes and moves ahead after closing the door of her car. Fans are liking his style very much.

Video went viral
As soon as this video went viral, interesting discussions started on social media. Many users compared this to another incident that happened recently at Mumbai Airport. Actually, some time ago Shahrukh Khan was also seen with his family at Mumbai Airport. Even during that time, a fan was talking about waiting for him for three hours. However, only the voice of the fan was heard in that video. Now netizens are jokingly speculating whether this is the same little fan who waited for hours for both Kriti Sanon and Shahrukh Khan. This guess is making people laugh a lot on social media.

Users’ reactions
Fans are reacting fiercely to this viral video, the user jokingly wrote, ‘This is the same person who called out to SRK that he has been waiting for 3 hours.’ While another commented, ‘3 hours for SRK, 4 hours for Kriti.’ Another user raised the question, ‘This is the same person who was calling Shahrukh uncle! Is it the paparazzi’s child?

On the occasion of New Year, the enthusiasm of the fans at the airport was not limited only to Kriti Sanon and Shahrukh Khan. Actress Tamannaah Bhatia was also seen talking to one of her fans at the airport, whose video was widely discussed on social media. These meetings are also being considered good because in the last few weeks the crowd of fans had gone out of control many times and cases of misbehavior with celebs had come to light. But recent videos of Kriti Sanon, Shahrukh Khan and Tamannaah Bhatia show that now fans are behaving with more understanding and decency. Despite the excitement, people are now seen trying to meet their favorite Bollywood stars by standing in line and politely.

Bollywood actor Akshay Khanna has become the second Indian actor after Shahrukh Khan whose films’ earnings reached more than Rs 2000 crore worldwide in a single calendar year. This fantastic achievement was achieved due to his two big Hindi releases, ‘Chhaava’ and ‘Dhurandhar’. These films are among the biggest commercial successes of the year. In this list, he has left behind big stars like Prabhas, Allu Arjun, Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan.

According to the report of News18, Akshay Khanna has become the first Indian actor after Shahrukh Khan whose released films have earned more than Rs 2000 crore in a single year. Akshay achieved this record with blockbuster films like ‘Chhaava’ and ‘Dhurandhar’. In these films, he breathed life into the role of villain.

History created with two films in 2025
The year started with Laxman Utekar’s ‘Chhaava’. In this, Akshay played the role of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. This historical drama starring Vicky Kaushal and Rashmika Mandanna became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2025. With worldwide earnings of Rs 809 crore, the film impressed both the audience and critics.

stalwart
‘Dhurandhar’, which released in December, broke all records. Along with Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, R Madhavan and Arjun Rampal, Akshay played the role of gangster Rehman Dacoit. So far this spy thriller has earned Rs 1167 crore and became the most successful Hindi release of 2025. Both the films together crossed the figure of Rs 2001 crore.

Earlier this record was in the name of Shahrukh
Shahrukh Khan had made a record of Rs 2685 crore in 2023 with ‘Pathan’, ‘Jawaan’ and ‘Dinky’. Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ crossed Rs 2000 crore in two years, but not in one year. Prabhas’s ‘Baahubali 2’ and Allu Arjun’s ‘Pushpa 2’ earned around Rs 1700 crore.

Won accolades as a villain
Akshaye Khanna is the only non-Khan actor who has done this feat. Despite playing the role of villain in both the films, his presence gave strength to the story. ‘Dhurandhar’ is still running and is joining the 1100 crore club. Now actor ‘Dhurandhar 2’ is going to create a stir.

Ranveer Singh’s film ‘Dhurandhar’ not only created a stir at the box office, but also created a stir in the planning meetings of Bollywood. Seeing its stormy earnings, big directors, makers and superstars are now being forced to change the release date of their films. Shahrukh Khan’s film ‘King’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Love and War’ have also joined this trend.

Only one part of ‘Dhurandhar’ has been released. Its second part is going to come on 19 March 2026. In such a situation, other big producers and superstars have also started rethinking their strategy. It is being speculated that a plan is being made to release these films in two parts, so that both the impact of the story and the box office bang can be increased. By doing this, direct conflict of films can also be avoided.

Will take risk for this reason
According to the report of Bollywood Hungama, in view of the tremendous success of ‘Dhurandhar’, now there are plans to release Shahrukh Khan’s ‘King’ and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Love and War’ in two parts. The reason is clear: to avoid direct conflict and also to protect the point of views of the business.

There will be a gap of six months
Not only this, the big budget and grand sets of these films are also forcing the makers to divide the story into two parts. The plan is to keep a gap of about six months between the two parts. This will maintain the enthusiasm of the audience and the earnings can also be doubled.

The plan will be finalized on these conditions
According to reports, this decision will be taken only when the film has enough content that the story can be divided into two parts properly. Currently, the shooting of both ‘King’ and ‘Love and War’ is going on in full swing. It will be decided only during editing whether the film will come in one part or two.

Why release in two parts is beneficial?
Releasing the film in two parts earns more from satellite and digital rights. Also, the makers get complete freedom to show the story openly. This is the reason why the success of ‘Dhurandhar’ has forced the entire industry to think about this formula.

When will ‘Love and War’ and ‘King’ come?
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film ‘Love and War’ was earlier scheduled to release in December 2025. However, now there is talk of its release in August or September 2026. Vicky Kaushal, Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are in lead roles in this film. Shahrukh Khan’s ‘King’ is going to be released this year. Its release date has not been finalized yet. Suhana Khan, Deepika Padukone, Jaideep Ahlawat and many big actors will be seen in this film.

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.”

Kolkata Knight Riders team is currently the center of discussion because of Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman. In fact, recently the demand to stop Bangladeshi players from playing in IPL 2026 has gained momentum. Amidst this demand, discussion is also going on about fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for Rs 9.20 crore.

Critics have targeted the KKR franchise and its co-owner Shahrukh Khan for bidding on Rahman. Is only Shahrukh Khan the owner of KKR team? Know here who has a stake in the Knight Riders team.

Who has stake in KKR team?

There are two big group owners in Kolkata Knight Riders franchise. 55 percent stake of the team is with Red Chillies Entertainment Group, which is owned by Shahrukh Khan. The remaining 45 percent stake is held by Mehta Group, whose chairman is Jai Mehta, who is the husband of veteran Bollywood actress Juhi Chawla. That’s why many times Juhi Chawla is also seen cheering her team during matches.

• 55% – Red Chillies Entertainment
• 45% – Mehta Group

KKR is 3 time IPL champion

Kolkata Knight Riders has become IPL champion three times. It won the Indian Premier League title for the first time in the year 2012, where it defeated Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets in the final. After 2 years i.e. in IPL 2014, KKR once again reached the finals, where it faced the challenge of Punjab Kings. This time, Kolkata team defeated Punjab while chasing the target of 200 runs and won the IPL title for the second time.

Kolkata Knight Riders became champion for the third time in 2024. KKR, captained by Shreyas Iyer, had defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets in the final of IPL 2024.

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King Khan of Bollywood always remains in the headlines. He remains popular among fans because of his films. Currently, fans are waiting for the release date of Shahrukh Khan’s King to be announced. Along with films, Shahrukh Khan is also famous for his IPL team KKR. There has been a controversy regarding the IPL team. Because of which Shahrukh has become a part of the headlines. Meanwhile, let us tell you how much Shahrukh earns from KKR.

Shahrukh Khan’s team Kolkata Knight Riders has once again dominated since 2024. The team won the trophy in 2024. Now Shahrukh’s team has come into limelight due to a cricketer. People have even started demanding to boycott them.

How much does Shahrukh Khan earn?

Shahrukh Khan earns big money from KKR. If reports are to be believed, they earn crores from this. Shahrukh Khan earns Rs 250-270 crore every year from the team. Out of this, he spends Rs 100 crore on his team. They spend a lot on cricketers on many things including buying a team. After spending money on the team, Shahrukh is left with Rs 150-170 crores. Which gets divided between them and their partners. Let us tell you that Shahrukh gets some share of the income from TV telecast and sponsorship on behalf of BCCI for KKR. Apart from this, Shahrukh also earns from brand endorsement, match fees, franchise fees, prize money.

how much is the net worth

Shahrukh Khan’s net worth has increased a lot because of KKR. According to the 2025 report of Hurun India Rich, Shahrukh Khan’s net worth has become Rs 12490 crore. In this he has earned a lot from KKR.

Who has shares with Shahrukh?

Shahrukh Khan’s KKR partner is also Juhi Chawla and her husband Jai Mehta. Shahrukh Khan has 55 percent stake in Kolkata Knight Riders. After that 45 percent belongs to Juhi and her husband Jai.

Why is there controversy

Shahrukh Khan has become a part of controversy regarding his team KKR. Actually the team has bought Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman. After which controversy is happening. This controversy has increased after the lynching of Hindus in Bangladesh. People are demanding to boycott Shahrukh Khan and his films.

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