Kolkata Knight Riders release Bangladesh’s Mustafizur Rahman on BCCI’s instruction

Mumbai, 3/1: Kolkatta Knight Riders have released fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh after being told to do so by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the ​Indian Premier League (IPL) team said on Saturday amid growing tensions between ‌the countries.

Last month, hundreds protested near Bangladesh’s High ⁠Commission in New Delhi ‌after Hindu factory worker Dipu Chandra Das was beaten and set on fire in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district by a crowd that accused him of making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad.