Mostafizur Rahman was in bad form in T20 recently. It was thought that he will be seen as part of the ‘campaign’ of Chennai Super Kings, a new team in the IPL. But after Mathisha Pathirana’s injury, he showed that he was not exhausted after getting a chance in the XI. Royal Challengers Bangalore were bowled out for 173 runs by the reigning champions.
Mustafiz took the ball in the fifth over. Faf du Plessis hit a four on the second ball despite giving a dot on the first ball. The left-arm pacer was caught by Rachin Ravindra in the next ball after the South African batsman became a terror in eight fours. Du Plessis stopped at 35 off 23 balls. After breaking the opening partnership of 41 runs, the new batsman Rajat Patidar was dismissed three balls later, caught by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In the shock of losing two wickets for 41 runs, Glenn Maxwell was also called in the next over by Deepak Chahar.
After losing 3 wickets for 42 runs in the power play, Virat Kohli and Cameron Green were repairing the innings. Mostafiz returned both with the ball in hand for the second time. He bowled Green in the 12th over after Kohli was caught by Racine. The left-handed pacer took four wickets with just 7 runs in the first 2 overs.
After that, Bengaluru turned to bowling at the expense of other bowlers. Dinesh Karthik made a 50-ball 95-run partnership with Anuj Rawat. Mostafiz also conceded 16 runs in his last over. The sixth wicket pair broke on the last ball of the innings. Rawat left the field on 48 runs. Dinesh was unbeaten on 38 runs. Kohli scored 21 runs.
Mostafiz took four wickets with 29 runs in 4 overs, the best bowling figures of his IPL career. He took three wickets for 16 runs for Hyderabad against Mumbai in 2016. That was his IPL career best bowling so far.
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