If Bangladeshi cricketers are allowed to play ‘IPL’, we will take to the streets !

• Clear warning issued by saints from Uttarakhand

• The ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ team has bought Bangladeshi bowler Mustafizur Rahman for Rs 9.2 crore !

New Delhi – Religious leaders in Ujjain have issued a stark warning to disrupt Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket matches by damaging pitches if Bangladeshi pacer Mustafizur Rahman is allowed to participate.

The threat stems from growing anger over recent violent attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, particularly two brutal lynching incidents involving blasphemy allegations.

Acharya Pavan Krishna Shastri of Shri Akhand Parshuram Akhada said that, If matches are played with those Bangladeshis, they will take to the streets along with thousands of office-bearers.

The seers, including Mahavir Nath, chief priest of the Rinmukteshwar Mahadev Temple in Ujjain, told reporters that ascetic warriors will storm stadiums to prevent matches involving the Bangladeshi player. They accuse authorities of ignoring the “persecution” of Hindus in Bangladesh while permitting its cricketers to play in India. Other seer organisations have also issued the same warning.

The controversy intensified after Kolkata Knight Riders acquired Mustafizur Rahman, the only Bangladeshi player picked in the recent IPL auction, for Rs 9.20 crore. Social media campaigns have called for boycotting KKR, with users labelling it a “slap on every Hindu’s face” amid reports of minority violence. (From this, should it be said that the administration of ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ is a pet under the table of the Bangladesh-friendly Muslim-loving Trinamool Congress ? – Editor)

1. On 27 December 2025, a protest against Bangladeshi players was held at the Shri Maya Devi Temple in Haridwar by the saint community, Shri Akhand Parshuram Akhada, and various social service organizations. The protesters demanded that Bangladeshi players should not be included in matches at all.

2. “Wherever the match is held, we will go there and protest. The reason is that anyone who buys Bangladeshi or Pakistani players or maintains relations with them will also be of a jihadi mindset, and Shri Akhand Parshuram Akhada will carry out opposition against them.”

Editorial Perspective

Pressure should now be put on the ‘Kolkata Knight Riders’ so that Rahman is not allowed to play. For this, cricket-loving Hindu citizens across India must make efforts. Otherwise, the Hindu public, which wastes time and money watching the ‘IPL’ in crores, will be called anti-religious and anti-national !