Watch: Mustafizur Rahman stars on Sussex Debut

Although the controversy of 20-year old Mustafizur Rahman not joining up with the Sussex Sharks has been making the news lately, the fact that the southpaw played a vital role in securing only their second victory in eight games almost saw most of the controversy forgiven. The out-of-form players Chris Jordan and Ross Taylor also performed exceedingly well with a wicket and a 21-ball 45 respectively.

Mustafizur Rahman wasn’t able to join up with the rest of the Sharks for the previous encounters due to a few visa issues. However, following figures of 4/23 in his quota of four overs against Essex has seen him become an immensely vital figure in the grand scheme of things as far as the Sussex Sharks are concerned.

Luke Wright, the former England all-rounder, and Mustafizur’s current teammate also underlined the latter’s importance, stating that he was indeed a special bowler.

“It has taken some hard work to get Rahman here, and a lot of people have worked hard to make it happen. Now we can see why he was worth so much time and effort,” said Sussex’s captain, Luke Wright. “He is a very special bowler. He has put in a performance straight away that was very special to watch.

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“It is so hard to pick what he is going to do. In the warm-up, we were trying to work him out and we couldn’t. Credit to our keeper Craig Cachopa who kept really well to him tonight – it is not easy when you’ve had no time to watch him before or to have faced him.

“He got a flight yesterday so he’s come straight in and bowled like that. We have a very special talent on our hands.”

Having set a mammoth target of 201 for the Essex side, Mustafizur came up trumps as he claimed the wickets of skipper Ravi Bopara, Ryan ten Doeschate, James Foster, and Callum Taylor.

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Watch: Mustafizur Rahman stars on Sussex Debut