{"id":99968,"date":"2026-03-31T12:31:44","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2026\/03\/31\/bcci-issues-statement-on-death-of-ipl-2026-broadcast-engineer-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:31:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:31:44","slug":"bcci-issues-statement-on-death-of-ipl-2026-broadcast-engineer-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2026\/03\/31\/bcci-issues-statement-on-death-of-ipl-2026-broadcast-engineer-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"BCCI issues statement on death of IPL 2026 broadcast engineer | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix\">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-129925184,imgsize-42994,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ll-46.jpg\" alt=\"BCCI issues statement on death of IPL 2026 broadcast engineer\" title=\"IPL trophy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/bcci\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">BCCI<\/a>) on Tuesday issued a statement after the death of British broadcast engineer Ian Williams Langford, who was working on IPL 2026 matches in Mumbai.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Langford, 76, was found unconscious in his hotel room in south Mumbai on Monday morning and was taken to Bombay Hospital, where he was <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/ipl-2026-tragedy-british-broadcast-engineer-found-dead-in-mumbai-hotel\/articleshow\/129920371.cms\" rel=\"noopener\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">declared dead<\/a>. Police said no suspicious findings were reported in the postmortem, and a case of unnatural death has been registered.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Responding to the incident, the BCCI said: &#8220;The IPL Governing Council and all stakeholders involved express their deepest condolences on the untimely demise of Ian Williams Langford, a dedicated broadcast engineer, who was an integral part of our broadcast operations. <!-- -->Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends back home.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The board also said it would extend support to his family. &#8220;The IPL is committed to providing all necessary support and assistance to Langford\u2019s family during this incredibly difficult time.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>It added that safety remains a priority. &#8220;The health, safety and overall security of every member involved in the smooth functioning of the IPL continues to remain of utmost importance.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Further enquiries into the case are ongoing.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Langford was on a work assignment as a broadcast engineer for BCCI\/IPL matches. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/top-stories\/bcci-issues-statement-on-death-of-ipl-2026-broadcast-engineer\/articleshow\/129925099.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday issued a statement after the death of British broadcast engineer Ian Williams Langford, who was working on&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ll-46.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}