IPL 2025: Why no Bangladeshi cricketers are playing this season?

IPL 2025 - Why no Bangladeshi cricketers are playing this season? (Source -CSK)
No Bangladeshi Representation in IPL 2025

There is no representation of Bangladeshi players in the  (Indian Premier League). Some of the top players in the world, like Mustafizur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed, and others, are not a part of the tournament. Thirteen Bangladeshi players had registered their names for the IPL Auctions 2025, but none of them were picked.

Bangladesh stalwarts Rahman and Shakib were ignored Shakib Al Hasan. (Photo Source: X(Twitter)

Notably, key players like Mustafizur Rahman and , two of Bangladesh's biggest representatives in the IPL, were not picked either. The left-arm pacer was Bangladesh's only player in the IPL 2024, who played for CSK. Neither was he picked in the IPL Auctions 2025, despite setting a base price of INR 2 crores.

Missed opportunities and political turmoil Taskin Ahmed. (Photo by Sameer Ali/Getty Images)

Pacer Taskin Ahmed's name came up in reports as one of the potential replacements for Mohsin Khan in LSG, which did not materialize. When the issue was addressed, many thought the political relations between India and Bangladesh were the reason behind the move. However, the BCB director simply felt it had everything to do with the cricketers.

BCB Director Fahim urges Bangladesh to learn from Afghanistan Nazmul Abedin Fahim(Twitter)

The BCB director Nazmul Abedin Fahim claimed that Bangladesh's cricketers were average and did not deserve to play in a big league like the IPL. Moreover, he was seemingly sad about the current state of affairs in Bangladesh cricket. He felt the need for Bangladeshi players to get better and follow Afghanistan's model of success, as players from the fellow South Asian country have seen an increase in the number of their players in the league.

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"Personally, I am sad. Our quality is very average. If we get a place on the global stage, we deserve it, and if we don't, we don't deserve it. We cannot force our players to play in franchise leagues. If they have the ability and capacity, they will be selected," Fahim said as per the Daily Star.

"We had a chance last year, but we lost it. We feel that we need to capitalise on the opportunities. The number of players from Afghanistan is increasing in the IPL while we are going in the opposite direction," the BCB director concluded.