The current left-arm fast bowler of Bangladesh Mustafizur Rahman has more likely to skip the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League which will be going to start in April last week. Bangladesh will lock horns with Sri Lanka for a 2-match test series which is possible to clash with the dates of the cash-rich league. Mustafizur Rahman has decided to prioritise him for the national side over the IPL where he is brought by Rajasthan Royals at the whopping base price of 1 Crore.
While earlier another Bangladesh player Shakib-al-Hasan has decided to be the part of the Indian Premier League then to prioritise him for the national side in the Sri Lanka tour. Bangladesh Cricket Board has no problem in providing NOC to the player who wants to perform in the upcoming edition of IPL.
Where Mustafizur Rahman has said earlier that he is more possible to be available for his national side then over his IPL team. After the earlier defeat against West Indies by 2-0, Bangladesh is still looking to have its first test victory in the race to ICC Test Championship. The upcoming test series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be part of the ICC Test Championship.
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"I will do what BCB asks me to do. If they keep me in the Test squad (for the tour of Sri Lanka), then I will play Tests, and if they (BCB) don't keep me in Test, then they know what I should do. My first priority is to play for my country, and if I am picked in the Test series against Sri Lanka, I will naturally play. If I am not picked then, BCB will tell me that I am not included. At that point, if I am given NOC to play in the IPL, then I will play, but patriotism comes first for me," Mustafizur told reporters on Tuesday.
Mustafizur Rahman career numbers so far Bangladesh:
The left-arm fast bowler made his ODI debut for Bangladesh in 2015 against India, followed by his test debut against South Africa in 2015. In 14 tests, the left-arm fast bowler has taken 30 wickets at an average of 36.74 while in 61 ODIs has taken 119 wickets at an average of 22.35. Apart from these two formats the average of left-arm fast bowlers has been better in the T20l format where he has 58 wickets at an average of 20.53 in 41 T20ls.
