Not playing test cricket. So Mustafizur Rahman had already received a no-objection letter from BCB. Delhi Capitals showed how important this left-arm pacer is for the team. The previous day, the T20 series against Ireland ended in Chittagong. Mustafiz flew to India on a chartered flight on Saturday morning. Delhi mentor Sourav Ganguly flew Mustafiz from Dhaka in a plane hired by the IPL team. Delhi will play their first match against Lucknow Super Giants on Saturday at 8 pm Bangladesh time. Mustafiz joined the team before the match. Although he was not kept in the eleven. Delhi started playing without Mustafiz.

Earlier, he posted a picture of sitting alone on the plane on social media and captioned it, ‘Going to India to play IPL 2023. Can’t wait to join my Delhi Capitals family.’ Later, Mostafiz posted a picture taken after getting off the plane in India, writing in Hindi, ‘Yeh Hai Nai Delhi’ (It’s New Delhi). This is Mustafiz’s sixth IPL. Delhi has retained him this time. He previously played for Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, and Rajasthan Royals. Delhi’s other two foreign pacers, Anrich Noriye, and Lungi Ngidi are busy playing for the country. In the beginning, the possibility of Mustafiz getting the match is very strong. In the IPL, two other players of Bangladesh, Shakib Al Hasan, and Liton Das, have not yet received the no-objection letter to play the Test match against Ireland. Both will play for Kolkata Knight Riders.