Delhi Capitals sign Mustafizur Rahman as replacement for Jake Fraser-McGurk | Ipl News
Delhi Capitals announced that they have signed Mustafizur Rahman as a replacement for Jake Fraser-McGurk, who will not be returning to the Indian Premier League when the season resumes this Saturday. An announcement from IPL said that Fraser-McGurk had opted to leave from the remainder of the IPL 2025 season due to personal reasons.
Fraser-McGurk, signed Delhi Capitals at the IPL mega auction for Rs 9 crore, had flown back to Australia when the IPL was suspended for a week as the India Pakan conflict escalated. The game between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals was abruptly halted at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala due to blackouts in the city. The Punjab Kings vs Delhi Capitals match will now take place in Jaipur on May 24. Delhi’s first match after the resumption of the league will be against Gujarat Titans on May 18 in the national capital.
Then, when both nations agreed to a ceasefire, the BCCI decided to resume the league from Saturday (where Royal Challengers Bengaluru will host Kolkata Knight Riders in Bengaluru). Delhi Capitals, who are in the race to qualify for the IPL 2025 playoffs, are waiting on a few overseas players to return.
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Mustafizur has so far played 57 IPL matches and has 61 wickets against his name. He has played 106 T20Is for Bangladesh, picking up 132 wickets from the same. The left-arm medium pacer will join DC for Rs 6 Crore.
Mustafizur, who made his IPL debut in 2016, previously represented the Delhi Capitals during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. In 2022, he picked up eight wickets in eight matches with an economy of 7.62 and in the following season, he played two matches for Delhi Capitals. Mustafizur has also turned out for multiple franchises in the league, forming a reputation of bowling effectively in all phases of an innings.
With 132 wickets in 106 T20Is for Bangladesh, Mustafizur has established himself as one of the leading left-arm pacers in the white-ball cricket. Across all T20 competitions in the domestic circuit and globally, he has taken 351 wickets in 281 matches.
