Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif has lauded Zimbabwe for defeating Sri Lanka in front of a sell-out crowd, adding that they have a brilliant asset in Blessing Muzarabani, who is an exceptional bowler
and can go for a huge amount of money if he makes himself available for the IPL auction.
Muzarabani was instrumental in Zimbabwe’s landmark group-stage victories over Australia and Sri Lanka, claiming 4/17 against the Australians and removing key batters like Josh Inglis and Tim David.
Kaif noted that Muzarabani missed out on a huge payday, as the IPL 2026 auction took place in December, prior to the T20 World Cup.
“It is not an easy thing to defeat Australia and then Sri Lanka was a sellout one as well. So, to play in front of that home ground, and on a slow pitch, where Pakistan struggled to chase 176, Zimbabwe chased down 179,” Kaif said while speaking on his YouTube channel.
“Blessing Muzarabani is an exceptional bowler. He will be targeted by IPL franchises in the future. He bowls in every phase of the game, with the new ball and the old,” Kaif added.
“If the IPL Auction was held after the World Cup, and the way Muzarabani is bowling now, I can tell you with guarantee that he would have fetched at least 20 crores in the IPL Auction,” Kaif said.
The former India player went on to say that Muzarabani is a more skilled and complete bowler than top Aussies Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc.
“We have seen these Australian and New Zealand bowlers for a long time now, earning a lot of money. What has Starc done? Sure, he won those 2 important games for KKR,” Kaif said.
“Remove those 2 matches, and check the other matches. He has been hit for runs in those. Whenever he has played for Delhi, he has been hit for a lot of runs. Muzarabani could do a better job than Starc,” Kaif added.
