Chennai Super Kings pacer Mustafizur Rahman will not be available after May 1. The deadline has been set by Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) with the national team set to play five-match T20I series against Bangladesh at home starting from May 3. There is no scope of the left-arm pacer returning as Bangladesh will also play three T20Is against the USA in the lead up to the T20 World Cup.
In fact, BCB has extended the deadline by a day as they had asked Mustafizur to return from April 30. But with CSK having a match against Punjab Kings on May 1, they have agreed to extend the availability by a day after requests from BCCI and Chennai team management. Accordingly, the bowler will now be available for back to back matches against Lucknow Super Giants on April 19 and 23, against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 28 and against Punjab Kings on May 1.
