With everything revolving around Mustafizur Rahman and his Indian Premier League contract being taken away, Moeen Ali speaks for Mustafizur Rahman. He feels that, more than anyone right now, Mustafizur Rahman will be the one who will be suffering. Moeen Ali is clearly not pleased with whatever is happening and couldn’t hold back as he opens up. It has pointed out a few things, and this can surely be a bit brutal.
Moeen Ali himself has played for three teams in the Indian Premier League. He started with the Royal Challengers Bengaluru and stayed there for three seasons. Later, he moved to Chennai Super Kings in 2021 and stayed with them for four seasons were he won two Indian Premier League titles. In 2025, he moved to the Kolkata Knight Riders. He wouldn’t be playing in the IPL 2026 as he wants to play in the Pakistan Super League.
Moeen Ali speaks for Mustafizur Rahman “He is the one suffering more than anyone”
Ali feels that this is a negative impact and expresses his feelings to the player. He has also criticized the International Cricket Council for the same. Basically, the Kolkata Knight Riders purchased Mustafizur Rahman for a whopping Rs 9.2 crore in the Indian Premier League 2026 auction, which made him the highest-paid Bangladeshi player in Indian Premier League history. It all started when the BCCI asked the Kolkata Knight Riders to terminate his contract due to the tensions between the nations
The game is already in a bit of danger regarding these things, and then on top of that, what happened with Mustafizur – honestly, something isn’t right here. Something needs to be done to fix things because it’s not just about Mustafizur. Pakistan, Bangladesh – we all know various issues are going on. It can’t go on like this. These are big problems
More than anything else, I feel bad for Mustafizur. He got such a good contract, and considering his career, his years of skillful performance and journey, he finally got something so good… He could have been in another team, but KKR got him… and honestly, he is the one suffering more than anyone
I read today that Bangladesh (is not going to India for World Cup) … and stopped the (IPL) broadcast. Actually… I’m not blaming Bangladesh. But whoever is doing these things, whoever is dragging these issues in, it’s a very rubbish thing to do because cricket is different
The ICC is never like that. That’s the truth. But no one says anything. Everyone knows who runs it… Shouldn’t countries like Australia and England play a role here? They don’t say anything either,
Moeen Ali feels that the game is not safe with all of the things affecting the beautiful game of cricket. He feels that things are not right in the top management. Ali also feels that things should be fixed as soon as possible. He also highlighted that there are various issues, and we can’t ignore them. Moeen Ali also feels bad for the player as he is one of the great people off the field. He also applauded the skills that Mustafizur Rahman has got and what makes him a great bowler.
He clearly took a big at the International Cricket Council and said that everyone knows who is running the ICC, but no one comes up and says anything. Ali feels that cricket giants such as Australia and England should also have their say, but there is nothing that has been pointed out by them. Moeen feels whoever is dragging these things in cricket should put a full stop to it.