The Bangladesh team’s Zimbabwe series is ahead. He will return to Dhaka within ten days to play the T20 series on the country’s soil. However, before returning, the Bangladeshi left-handed pacer has a chance to wear the commemorative purple cap of the IPL’s highest wicket-taker one more time.

Mostafiz is now Chennai’s highest wicket taker with 11 wickets in 6 matches. Chennai will play against Lucknow Super Giants tomorrow. The match will be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

The Purple Cap of the highest wicket-taker in the IPL was on Mustafiz’s head at the start of the tournament. After changing the head, it now goes to Yashpreet Bumrah. Playing for Mumbai Indians, this Indian pacer took 13 wickets in 7 matches. Harshit Patel of Punjab Kings also took 13 wickets after playing one more match.

Apart from this, Rajasthan Royals’ Yuzvendra Chahal and Mumbai’s Gerald Coetzee have 12 wickets each. Of the four bowlers ahead of Mustafiz on the wicket count, three have matches today. Mumbai will face Rajasthan in Jaipur. However, with Bumrah-Chahal, the difference in the number of wickets is less, Mustafiz is at a distance.

The venue is also favorable for the left-arm pacer of Bangladesh. He has been most successful this year in the match against Lucknow in Chipok tomorrow. So far Mustafiz has taken 8 wickets in 3 matches in Chennai. All in all, Mustafiz’s 11 wicket haul is his third highest in a single IPL match. Mustafiz took 17 wickets in 16 matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 and 14 wickets in 14 matches for Rajasthan Royals in 2021.

Chennai will not have the opportunity to play so many matches this time. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has given him leave till May 1. Chennai have matches during this period on April 23 (Lucknow), April 28 (Hyderabad) and May 1 (Punjab). The Bangladesh-Zimbabwe five-match T20 series will begin in Chittagong on May 3. Mustafiz is expected to join the national team after returning from the IPL.