Dhaka. Senior Bangladesh batsman Mushfiqur Rahim will be ruled out of the two-match Test series against New Zealand, scheduled to be played later this month, a member of the national selection panel confirmed on Friday. Mushfiqur has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI series against Afghanistan after suffering a fracture in his right index finger while keeping wickets in the first match of the series in Sharjah. Regarding the experienced wicketkeeper-batsman’s injury, Bangladesh team physio Delawar Hossain said on Thursday, “At the end of Afghanistan’s batting innings, Mushfiqur injured the tip of his left index finger while keeping wickets. Post-match X-rays confirmed a fracture in his left index finger near the DIP joint. He is under conservative management and is not available for the second and third ODIs. Further information regarding his condition and expected recovery period will be given in due course. According to a Bangladesh selector, the injury will take at least four to six weeks to heal and the 37-year-old will be available for the ODI leg of the series. are supposed to.
“He (Mushfiqur) is not playing the Test series against West Indies as it will take him at least a month or more to recover,” Cricbuzz quoted the selector as saying. “As far as the ODI (against West Indies) is concerned, we will have time to decide on that after seeing his progress. Bangladesh will tour West Indies for a series across formats including two Tests, three ODIs and as many T20 matches. After the Afghanistan ODI in the UAE on November 11, Bangladesh will head to the Caribbean for a tour game in Coolidge starting on November 15, with the first Test starting on November 22 in North Sound. The team for the West Indies tour is yet to be announced. Meanwhile, Bangladesh have not announced any replacement for Mushfiqur in the ongoing ODI series as Liton Das has still not recovered from fever, while there are rumors of him joining the squad. The selector said, “He (Litton) is going there for personal reasons and will accompany the team when they leave for West Indies.