BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia confirmed this to news agency PTI that KKR can ask for a replacement player and the BCCI will allow it if the team requests.
When media asked about the reason, Devajit Saikia said that ” it was due to recent developments all across,” .
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) had bought Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.20 Crore in the IPL auction 2026, which later led to controversy.
The situation is linked over the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh. Recently, a Hindu worker named Dipu Chandra Das was beaten to death by a mob in Bangladesh over alleged blasphemy. His body was later hung and burned. Another Hindu youth identified as Amrit Mondal was lynched at Hosendanga village of Kalimohor union in Rajbari’s Pangsha sub-district over an extortion allegation.
After these incidents, protests took place in many part of India and people demanding strict action against Bangladesh.