Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim went unsold in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 auction, being held in Kolkata on Thursday.
Rahim was in sublime form during Bangladesh’s tour of India in October and was one of the better players from his side. He was also the highest scorer for his team in the only game that Bangladesh won on the tour.
He guided the Tigers to a famous seven-wicket victory with an unbeaten 60 off 43 balls at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in Delhi.
Rahim was expected to initiate a bidding war in the auction. The wicket-keeper batsman was expected to attract bids from Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals– who were in pursuit of a wicket-keeper batsman to bolster their squad. However, the franchises were not interested in acquiring the services of the former Bangladesh skipper.
Currently, Mushfiqur is leading Khulna Tigers in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). With a vast amount of experience under his belt, Mushfiqur has played 216 ODIs for Bangladesh and has gathered 6100 runs at an impressive average of 36.30. After Mushfiqur’s failure to attract any bids, Twitter erupted in no time. Netizens trolled the wicket-keeper, especially for the fact that he had first decided to opt out of the IPL 2020 Auction. He had set his base price at 75 Lacs INR.
