Bangladesh fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has faced a quick turnaround from national to IPL duty as he is currently featuring for the Delhi Capitals, less than 24 hours after the 1st T20I against UAE finished. The left-arm seamer was drafted in the playing eleven for Mitchell Starc, who made himself unavailable for the final two matches of the season.
Rahman was part of the Capitals' set up for 2022 and 2023 edition before being released. However, the 29-year-old was roped in as Jake Fraser-McGurk, who had also refused to partake in the remaining matches of the edition. The Bangladesh cricketer's most successful season in IPL was with the SunRisers Hyderabad in 2016 when he took 17 scalps in 16 matches as the Orange Army lifted the title.
Rahman, meanwhile, bowled an outstanding spell of 4-0-17-2 in Bangladesh's hard-fought 27-run victory in Sharjah over UAE, who fought well to score 164 in pursuit of 191. It's also worth noting that Rahman will be available for the Capitals only from May 18-24 due to Bangladesh needing him for national duty.
Gujarat Titans win toss and elect to field first in Delhi
The toss at the Arun Jaitley Stadium went in favour of the Gujarat Titans as Shubman Gill won the toss and elected to field first against the Capitals at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Sunday. Both sides have made changes, with the Titans bringing back Kagiso Rabada for Gerald Coetzee. Meanwhile, the Capitals have drafted Vipraj Nigam and Mustafizur Rahman for Madhav Tiwari and Mitchell Starc, respectively.
Delhi Capitals (Playing XI): Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Sameer Rizvi, KL Rahul(w), Axar Patel(c), Tristan Stubbs, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan, Mustafizur Rahman.
Gujarat Titans (Playing XI): Shubman Gill(c), Jos Buttler(w), Sherfane Rutherford, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Kagiso Rabada, Arshad Khan, Ravisrinivasan Sai Kishore, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna.
