IPL 2021: Taliban Ban Broadcast In Afghanistan Due To Anti-Islamic Content

The Taliban have banned the telecast of IPL 2021 in Afghanistan. The ban has been imposed because the Taliban is apprehensive about anti-Islamic content being broadcast during the IPL.

Taliban have banned broadcast of IPL 2021

IPL 2021: Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, their decrees have continued. Now, the Taliban regime have banned IPL’s telecast in Afghanistan. The UAE leg of the IPL 2021 will not be telecasted in the Islamic state. The ban has been imposed because the Taliban is apprehensive about anti-Islamic content being broadcast during the IPL. Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have banned most of the means of entertainment including many sports. Taliban have also banned women from participating in any sport.

Former Afghanistan Cricket Board media manager and journalist M Ibrahim Momand tweeted, "The broadcast of IPL 2021 in Afghanistan has been banned. The order comes in the wake of fears that anti-Islamic content will be broadcast during IPL matches." He tweeted this after the first match of the second phase of IPL was played between Chennai and Mumbai in UAE.   

Test match against Australia canceled due to Taliban decree

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Naseeb Khan appointed as new ACB CEO

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Afghanistan to play T20 World Cup in UAE 

The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be played between October 17 and November 14 in UAE and Oman this year. The Afghanistan team is scheduled to participate in the T20 World Cup. It remains to be seen whether the Taliban regime also bans its broadcast.