Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman rues missing out on playing in the IPL and the perks that come with it after the postponement of his national team’s tour of Sri Lanka amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
On Monday, Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hasan had asked Sri Lanka Cricket to reschedule the three-match Test series next month, as the board wasn’t willing to comply with the 14-day quarantine rule proposed by the host nation in view of the pandemic.
“It would have been great to play the Test series. Sri Lanka’s proposal to have us quarantined for 14 days didn’t seem possible for us,” Mustafizur was quoted saying by Cricbuzz.
“You can’t sit in your room before such an important series, no matter how hard you train. BCB tried, but the 14-day quarantine is their law. I think we should respect it.
“If the BCB knew that the Sri Lanka series would be…