The world’s biggest cricket league IPL 2026 will not be telecast in Bangladesh. The reason for this is not any political deadlock but the cancellation of the agreement between Jiostar and Bangladeshi broadcaster T Sports. T Sports had sublicensed the media rights of IPL from Jiostar for Bangladesh but due to default in payment or mistake in money transactions, the agreement between the two has now ended. Let us tell you that due to tension with India, the interim government under the leadership of Mohammad Yunus had banned the telecast of IPL. But the current government of Bangladesh had approved the telecast of IPL, however now once again this tournament will not be telecast in Bangladesh.
Jiostar ends broadcasting agreement in Bangladesh
There are reports that T Sports had made mistakes in payment several times, after which JioStar took this big decision. JioStar has informed T Sports in writing about termination of the agreement. According to Reuters, JioStar has immediately terminated this agreement. There was an agreement between T Sports and JioStar from 2023 to 2027 but it was broken two seasons ago. The cancellation of this agreement means that millions of cricket fans in Bangladesh will not be able to watch the best matches of IPL. Bangladesh cricketer Mustafizur Rahman was also removed from IPL this year. Due to political deadlock, he was thrown out of IPL.
IPL is not broadcast even in these countries
IPL will not be telecasted in Bangladesh this year, but apart from this, there are other countries where the world’s biggest league is either banned or it is not telecasted there at all. Like IPL is not telecast in Pakistan. IPL is not telecast in many African countries (some outside Sub-Saharan Africa), some Middle Asian countries or very small island nations where cricket is not popular. However, platforms like Yupp TV have streaming in more than 70 countries.