Mustafizur Rahman's arrival in the UK has been delayed due to visa issues. He couldn't leave on Wednesday which means he will miss his scheduled debut for Sussex on Friday, against Hampshire in the NatWest Twenty20 Blast.
The visa procedure is set to be completed “any day”, according to a Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman, upon which he will immediately take his flight.
But the latest delay means that Mustafizur will now have to target Sussex's July 21 T20 fixture at Essex.
The delay was caused by the unusually long Eid vacation which meant that he had to wait till after the holidays to apply for the UK visa.
Mustafizur had missed most of Sussex's T20 and one-day campaign through multiple injuries on his right leg following the gruelling Indian Premier League season for Sunrisers Hyderabad.
In March this year, Sussex had announced that Mustafizur would be their second overseas player and participate in the NatWest T20 Blast and the Royal London One-Day Cup. The Bangladesh bowler was set to join Sussex at the end of the IPL but injuries and fatigue denied him from appearing in the UK.
