Achi news desk-
It was back in 2016 that Mustafizur Rehman, the young seamer from Bangladesh, made an impressive IPL debut with Sunrisers Hyderabad. The cricketing intelligence of ‘Fizz,’ as he is known, has been widely recognized as he has made up for his lack of pace with variations of pace and use of cutters.
If his battle with injuries and lack of form had relegated him to a bit of a side player in a number of other franchises such as Delhi Capitals or Rajasthan Royals, the left winger showed that he had lost none of his cool when he set up a convincing victory for his newest franchise – Chennai Super Kings on the opening night of IPL 2024 on Friday, 22 March. 4/29 Fizz, his IPL career best, was the second best bowling figures on debut for a CSK player as he went on to become the second Bangladesh bowler after all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan to cross 50 wickets in the league.
It was a calculated gamble on the part of the CSK management to invest Rs 2 crores, its base price, on Mustafizur, whose injury-prone reputation did not help him build on his earlier exploits. Drafted more as cover for Sri Lankan slinger Matheesha Pathirana, the 29-year-old called upon all his experience on a good batting wicket to get rid of the Who’s Who of Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Friday – Faf du Plessis captain Rajat Patidar , Virat Kohli and Cameron Green.
