Delhi: Mushir Khan created history by making a history by debuting in the match played between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the first qualifier match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025, even if he could not open an account in his first match. The match was played on Thursday (May 29) at Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in Mullanpur, Chandigarh.
Mushir was bought by Punjab Kings for Rs 30 lakh in the 2025 mega auction, but he did not get a chance to play a single match throughout the season. However, due to a sudden batting order collapsing in Punjab’s innings (after falling 6 wickets for just 60 runs in 8.2 overs), the plans were changed and sent to the ground as an impact player. The first impact player was planned to unload specialist bowlers like Vijayakumar Ventor or Praveen Dubey.
Mushir Khan created history
This match was not only Mushir’s IPL debut, but was also the first T20 match of his career. He has not played any T20 match for Mumbai so far. All -rounder has played only 9 first class matches and has not yet made her debut in List A cricket.
Mushir is the second player to debut in the IPL playoffs. Before that only Sunny Gupta made her debut in 2012 against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) playing another qualifier for the Delhi Daredevils (DC).
Although Mushir was dismissed for zero after playing three balls, but later he showed amazing in bowling. The spinner took Mayank Agarwal’s wicket for 27 runs in two overs. With this, he became the first player to take a wicket in a debut match in the playoffs.
Interestingly, the thing is that Sunny Gupta was also dismissed on Duck in his debut match, but he could not take wickets in bowling and took 47 runs in three overs. At that time, the decision of the Delhi captain was very criticized.
Another interesting fact is that Mushir Khan is the younger brother of Indian batsman Sarfaraz Khan. In this way, the Khan brothers have joined the list of selected brothers who have played in the IPL.
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