Protect Mustafiz

Mustafiz is a rare breed of cricketer who has already made his mark at the world stage. During the World Cup T20, many commentators have spoken about the danger of his over exposure at this young age as he was supposed to play at IPL and then in English County League.

One may recall that Cricket Australia protected Shane Warne at the beginning of his career by not giving him permission to play in the English County League and they gave him some sort of financial benefit to compensate his monetary loss (Warne played county cricket much later in his career). As a result, Shane Warne could prolong his career and become a world class bowler.

Our cricket board can act wisely by letting Mustafiz play in the IPL only for the time being and provide him with some monetary incentive to compensate him for not playing in other overseas tournaments. This way we can protect Mustafizur Rahman. Excessive playing at such young age would only harm him physically. BCB should act sooner in this respect; this would do the nation a great service. 

Murshid Alam
Uttara, Dhaka