Fitness and different issues must be thought of for Mustafizur Rahman’s Test comeback: Mominul Haque

Mustafizur Rahman hasn’t performed Test cricket for Bangladesh since February 2021. He is presently enjoying for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022.

Mustafizur Rahman of Bangladesh. Courtesy: Reuters

HIGHLIGHTSMustafizur final performed Test cricket in February 2021Mustafizur is presently enjoying for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022The BCB stated it is going to have a dialogue with Mustafizur relating to his Test future

Bangladesh Test skipper Mominul Haque Showrabh stated that health and loads of different components must be taken under consideration for Mustafizur Rahman’s comeback in Test cricket. The left-arm pacer from Satkhira final performed within the purest format manner again in February 2021 towards the West Indies and since then, has solely taken half in limited-overs cricket.

After making his Test debut in 2015, the 26-year-old has solely taken half in 14 Tests, choosing up 30 wickets with two four-wicket hauls to his title. Mominul put forth his opinions after Bangladesh’s drawn Test match towards Sri Lanka on the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.

MOMINUL SPEAKS ON MUSTAFIZUR

”If you’re saying whether or not I demand him (Mustafizur within the Test workforce), then if the board provides him, he’ll naturally play,” Mominul was quoted as saying.

”Firstly, it’s important to see what number of days Mustafizur performed in pink ball (cricket) and a whole lot of issues depend upon that for what number of days he’s enjoying or not, and there’s the health problem. If we require him, we are going to play him, as a result of we’re lacking a few of our frontline bowlers,” he said.

”I’m not conscious what number of Tests Mustafizur performed and, to be sincere, no tempo bowler is skilled in Bangladesh and that’s the fact, and possibly they’ve performed 20 Tests altogether. What I really feel is expertise hardly issues to them (tempo bowlers),” Mominul added.

Earlier, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (ECB) stated that it’s going to have a dialogue with Mustafizur relating to his future in Test cricket. The BCB stated that it needs Mustafizur to proceed enjoying Test cricket. The pacer is presently in India, collaborating within the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL).

After their residence sequence towards the Sri Lankans, Bangladesh will journey to West Indies for 2 Tests, three ODIs and as many T20Is.