Mustafizur Rahman to play for Dubai Capitals in ILT20

Sports Desk

Bangladesh’s star pacer Mustafizur Rahman will play in the upcoming season of the International League T20 (ILT20). He has signed with the current champions of the tournament, Dubai Capitals.
Dubai Capitals confirmed the news on their official Facebook page on Tuesday (November 12). They said that the 29-year-old left-arm pacer has come to the team in place of England pacer Luke Wood. This is Mustafiz’s first ILT20 tournament.
Mustafiz, known as a regular face in the franchise league, has previously played in India’s IPL, Sri Lanka’s LPL, Pakistan’s PSL and England’s Vitality Blast.

The fourth edition of the ILT20, organised by the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), will run from December 2 to January 4. A total of six teams will participate in the tournament. However, as the schedule of the tournament coincides with the next season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), questions have arisen about whether Mustafizur Rahman will receive a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).

Dubai Capitals have also picked players like Gulbadin Naib, Dasun Shanaka, Dushmanth Chamira, Rovman Powell and Shai Hope in addition to Mustafizur.
​Mustafizur has taken a total of 362 wickets in 289 matches in his T20 career so far. His bowling average is 21.49 and economy rate is 7.45. Out of these, he has taken four wickets six times and five wickets four times.