After BCCI let KKR release a Bangladeshi cricketer, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi said, "Politics shouldn't overly influence sports.” "But situation in Indian subcontinent, especially with Pakistan and Bangladesh, is tense…BCCI’s decision may have been made with those sentiments,” he added. But Bangladesh appointing a Hindu cricketer, Litton Das, as captain of its team should make us rethink, he added.