Shakib All Hasan the Bangladesh allrounder to miss the
beginning of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League with a hairline fracture
to his thumb, which could put him out of cricket for three to 4 weeks.
Shakib had met with the national coach Shane Jurgensen upon
his return to Dhaka from his stint at the Caribbean Premier League, and was
taken for X-rays after his thumb was bandaged. Bangladesh Cricket Bord BCB
physician Monirul Amin said Shakib had picked up the injury while training with
the Barbados Tridents and will be sidelined until mid-September.
The Dhaka Premier League, after several postponements, is
scheduled to begin on September 3 and the first-of-its-kind player by choice
action for the tournament took place last Friday, where Shakib was recruited by
Kalabagan Krira Chakra.
Shakib has been struggling with injury over the course of
the last season. He had to bowl 97 overs during the Tests against West Indies
in November, 52 of them coming in the same innings The stress left him with
exertional compartment syndrome to his shin and in February, he was ruled out
of Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka to undergo surgery to his right calf muscle.
After recovery, Shakib returned to international cricket, albeit as a batsman,
for the Tests against Zimbabwe and eased into his role as a bowler for the
limited-over series that followed.
Shakib's recovery is crucial not only for Kalabagan Krira
Chakra, who finished ninth last season in the Dhaka Premier League, but also
for Bangladesh as they will host New Zealand for 2 Tests, 3 ODIs and a T-20 in
October.
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