5 Bangladesh cricketers IPL teams should look at

#1 Mushfiqur Rahim

The pint-sized dynamite

There might have been instances of friction between him and India but it can’t be denied that if there is one Bangladeshi player that deserves an IPL contract more than anyone else, it is Mushfiqur Rahim.

How a short, pint-sized boy with nothing intimidating about his approach became one of the best players Bangladesh have ever produced is an inspiring story in itself.

Rahim’s physicality might not have anything intimidating about it but when his bat starts doing the talking, everything about him exudes a rage like none other. At his finest, he is a walking tempest that consumes everything around him with utmost grace and, at the same time, brutality.

His numbers in the format show how good a batsman he is in T20 as he has scored 2933 runs from 139 innings and he hits them at a strike-rate of 125.82.

Rahim has done enough over the past year – most notably his match-winning innings against Sri Lanka in the Nidahas trophy – to justify being selected in the IPL. Being able to ‘keep is also an added bonus for this pint-sized dynamite.