Bangladesh Seeks ICC Intervention After BCCI Asks KKR to Drop Mustafizur Rahman

• BCCI directed KKR to exclude Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman from IPL, sparking a diplomatic and sporting row.
• BJP leader Navneet Rana called for a ban on Bangladeshi players in Indian leagues, citing alleged attacks on minorities in Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh's interim government, via Asif Nazrul, condemned BCCI's move as bowing to "extremist communal groups."
• Bangladesh instructed its Cricket Board to formally write to the ICC and warned about the national team's World Cup participation in India.
• Bangladesh decided to halt IPL telecasts and requested its World Cup matches be moved to Sri Lanka, citing "humiliation."

Why It Matters: BCCI's exclusion of Mustafizur Rahman sparks major diplomatic row, Bangladesh escalates to ICC.