BCB won’t allow Shakib Al Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman to play in IPL in Dubai

Dhaka: Star Bangladesh players Shakib Al Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman will not be given the no objection certificate (NOC) to play in the remaining games of Indian Premier League (IPL). The information was given by the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hassan here Monday. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and left-arm pacer Mustafizur play for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) respectively.

The IPL, which was suspended May 4 after multiple cases of Covid-19 inside its bio-bubble, will resume in the third week of September (likely September 19) and end in the second week of October.

“It is almost impossible to provide NOC (for IPL) considering our international commitments. I don’t see any chance of giving it (NOC) to Shakib and Mustafizur. We have the (T20) World Cup coming up and now every match is important,” Nazmul was quoted as saying by ‘Ekattor TV’, a local Bengali news channel.

Bangladesh have three white ball series against Australia, New Zealand and England lined up during the same window in which IPL will finish its remaining 31 games.

England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has said that it won’t allow its players to take part in the IPL. Cricket Australia has also said that the discussions with their players about rejoining the IPL hasn’t taken place at the moment.