Mustafizur Rahman made his debut for the Delhi Capitals earlier tonight against the Gujarat Titans. The left-arm pacer from Bangladesh bowled a dream spell of 3/23. He opened the bowling for Delhi Capitals and dismissed Matthew Wade on the third ball of the match.
Then, Rahman bowled an impressive final over, where he picked up the wickets of Abhinav Manohar and Rahul Tewatia, who destroyed the Lucknow Super Giants bowling attack a few days ago. He gave only four runs bowling against Rashid Khan and David Millers, who are reckoned by many as some of the most dangerous finishers in T20 cricket right now.
Among all the Delhi Capitals bowlers, Rahman picked up the highest number of wickets against the Gujarat Titans. It will be interesting to see what team combination the Delhi Capitals use when pace bowler Anrich Nortje is available to play.
Shubman Gill dominated the DC bowlers in the first innings as he scored 84 runs for the Gujarat Titans. Here’s what he said in an interview with host broadcaster after the GT innings:
“Yes, it felt good. I think I left a bit of runs for myself and the team, but pretty satisfied in the end. I didn’t realise that I didn’t play a lot of dot balls. But my main focus to play less dot balls, especially since we lost a couple of wickets early. The wicket was pretty good. It was holding up a bit early.”
Twitter reacts to Mustafizur Rahman troubling the Gujarat Titans batters in Pune
Here’s how the cricket universe on Twitter reacted to the excellent bowling performance from Mustafizur:
Dream debut for Mustafizur Rahman in Delhi Capitals, 3 for 23 from 4 overs, just 12 runs combined from the 17th and 20th over. #IPL2022
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) April 2, 2022
4-0-23-3
— Cricket97 (@cricket97bd) April 2, 2022
Great start for Mustafizur Rahman, the #Fizz #IPL2022 | #GTvDC | #TATAIPL | pic.twitter.com/e6qZcyVuFn
Mustafizur Rahman made his presence felt in his first match at IPL 2022 🔥
— Sportskeeda (@Sportskeeda) April 2, 2022
📷 IPL#IPL2022 #AavaDe #YehHaiNayiDilli #GTvDC pic.twitter.com/xMSEtsVh2R
Mustafizur Rahman: 4-0-23-3
— ⁸ (@Nahiyyan) April 2, 2022
Everyone gone for more than 30-35 runs he has gone for only 23. Great debut for him in Delhi Capitals jersey.#IPL2022
Mustafizur Rahman is just legend, gave away just 3 runs and took 2 wickets in the 20th over 😳
— Paritosh Kumar 🏏 (@Paritosh_2016) April 2, 2022
Very underrated bowler.#DCvsGT | #GTvDC | #TATAIPL | #TATAIPL2022 | #IPL2022
What a debut for Mustafizur Rahman in red and blue colours. The best bowler of Delhi Capitals tonight. 👏🏻
— Saif Ahmed (@saifahmed75) April 2, 2022
4 overs | 23 runs | 3 wickets #IPL2022 #CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/592NJtyEck
Mustafizur Rahman what a bowler! Excellent skills in death overs. He alongwith Anrich will do wonders for us. We bought him at 2 Cr (base price) can't believe!#DCvGT #IPL2022
— 🎯DEVI CAPITAL🎯 (@DS_790) April 2, 2022
What a piece of death bowling with the change of pace and cutters..#MustafizurRahman you Beauty 🔥 just conceeded 4 runs and two wickets of the last over …👌👌#DCvGT
— Naina (@Lilith_blair31) April 2, 2022
4 runs and 2 wickets from last over by mustafizur Rahman warra what a bowler 🔥💉
— UNSTOPPABLE 🔥 (@ShivamRishabh45) April 2, 2022
