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Shakib Al Hasan,
the Bangladesh allrounder, is likely 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 four 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. 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" auctions 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 two Tests, three ODIs and a
Twenty20 in October.
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