Bangladesh
premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan sent back home from the United Arab
Emirates on Thursday (September 27) after his finger injury turned worse. Because
of his injury, the left-handed cricketer was left out of the remaining Asia Cup
matches, including Wednesday’s virtual semi-final against Pakistan and the Asia
Cup final against India on Friday (September 28).
According
to Akram Khan, operations chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Shakib
might require four to six weeks to recover from injury. That means, he will
miss out on the home series against Zimbabwe which is scheduled to start from
September 30 and will continue till October 14. However, Akram Khan thanked the
player for playing the first four matches of the tournament with his injury. He
is likely to travel to the USA soon for treatment.
The
31-year-old player sustained injury in his left little finger during the ODI
series against Sri Lanka in January and as a result, he missed the following
Test and T20 series. Since then he has been carrying this injury. He wanted to
skip the Asia Cup and go under surgery for getting complete recovery from the
injury, but the BCB forced him to play in the tournament, delaying his surgery
till October when they will host Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh
beat Pakistan by 37 runs and secured a place in the final round of the Asia
Cup. Batting first, the ‘Bengal Tigers’ scored a competitive score of 239 runs
and restricted their opponent to 202/9.
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