Mustafizur has nothing to learn from IPL: Bangladesh cricket body

Bangladesh Cricket Board's cricket operations chairperson, Jalal Yunus, has defended the decision to call back Mustafizur Rahman from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024, for his national side's T20 international series against Zimbabwe.

BCB has notified IPL and Mustafizur's IPL franchise CSK, that the pacer should be allowed to return to his country to complete his national team duties from May 2. The decision comes as a jolt to CSK's plans as Mustafizur has been their best bowler this season with 10 wickets in his 5 matches. Yunus has said that the IPL has nothing more to offer to the Bangladesh fast bowler.

Originally, Mustafizur was scheduled to return to Bangladesh on May 1, for their five-match T20 series against Zimbabwe, which is set to begin on May 3. However, CSK requested BCB to extend Mustafizur's stay by a day, allowing the left-arm pacer to play an extra match for the Super Kings. Even as BCB made the call to bring back Mustafizur from the IPL, which is considered one of the finest platforms to warm up to the T20 World Cup, quite a few experts and ex-cricketers have suggested that the pacer should be allowed to continue playing the T20 league in India.