5 Bangladeshi players who could have played for India had the partition never happened

#2 Mustafizur Rahman

The boy who took the cricket world by storm

The way he started his career, people thought that he is the next best left-arm pacer to come out of Asia ever since the great Wasim Akram. However, after a flashy start, he seems to have lost the spark that made him one of the most revered bowlers in the world within no time.

Despite that, the talent is there – it is just a matter of grooming it. He might be out of form, but his numbers are still great. In his 22 ODI games, he has taken 44 wickets at an average of 19.79 and an economy of 4.89.

Extra cover: Medium-paced spin: a lost art revived

He has only played 4 Test matches thus far, which isn’t enough to make any remarks. In the T20 circuit, however, he has played in 46 games and picked up 62 wickets at an average of 18.16 and a miserly economy of 6.47 in the process.

India are enjoying a period of fast bowler boom with the likes of Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav all picking up form. However, none of them are left-handed pacers – something every team craves for because they provide something very different to the others.

That’s why Zaheer Khan is regarded as a legend in India and that is why Ashish Nehra had a career in the international arena.