The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) wants Mustafizur Rahman to put national commitment above IPL 2025 duties. The pacer was signed as a replacement for Jake Fraser-McGurk by Delhi Capitals for the remainder of IPL 2025. However, Rahman boarded a flight to the UAE for the upcoming T20I series on the same day he signed with DC.
Will Mustafizur skip IPL 2025?
As per Cricbuzz, a BCB director claimed that while the board has no problem in allowing Rahman to play for DC in IPL 2025, it wants him to prioritize national duties.
“We are not saying that we won’t let Mustafizur play in the IPL for the Delhi Capitals but at the same time, there is a thing called national commitment and he needs to fulfil that,” a BCB director said.
The official said that it would be unfair for Nahid Rana and Rishad Hossain – who were a part of PSL but are traveling to the UAE for the T20I series – if Rahman was given a NOC. The BCB director claimed that in that case, the other two would also have to be released from the squad.
“Along with that, if we had released him in that case, what would we have done with the two cricketers who took part in PSL, as they could have asked why we were not releasing them?” he added.
For the uninformed, the Bangladesh cricket team is set to play a 2-match T20I series against the UAE from May 17 to 19.
Understanding that foreign players may not return, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) decided to allow teams to use temporary replacements. And so, the Capitals paid Mustafizur Rs 6 crore to join them. The move made sense since Mitchell Starc might not return either. And having a like-for-like replacement for him seems like a sound decision.
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