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Bangladesh lose Shakib Al Hasan for first Sri Lanka Test

11 May 2022

  • Star all-rounder tests positive for Covid-19
SHAKIB AL HASAN IN TESTS Also known as: Saqibul Hasan Born: 24 March 1987 Age: 35 years Batting style: Left-handed batter Bowling style: Slow left-arm leg-spin / orthodox Playing role: All-rounder Test record: Batting – 59 matches / 4,029 runs / average 39.50 runs per an innings / five centuries / 26 fifties / highest score 217 runs vs. New Zealand at Wellington in January 2017 Bowling – 59 matches / 215 wickets at an average of 31.30 runs per a wicket / 18 five-wicket hauls in an innings / two ten-wicket hauls in a match / best figures in an innings 7/36 vs. New Zealand in Chattogram in October 2008 / best figures in a match 10/124 vs. Zimbabwe at Khulna in November 2014 Fielding – 25 catches Bangladesh have suffered a huge blow ahead of the first Test against Sri Lanka with news that star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will miss the match after he tested positive to Covid-19. Al Hasan was slated to make his long-awaited return to the Test arena during the two-match series, but the 35-year-old will now be forced to isolate away from the remainder of the squad for the next five days. Undergo isolation Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physician Monjur Hossain has revealed that Al Hasan was found Covid-19 positive after returning from the US, according to a report in Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star. Also, Al Hasan was set to join the Bangladesh team in Chattogram but after being found Covid-19-positive, he will have to undergo a mandatory isolation period, which rules him out of the first Test against Sri Lanka. Fourth-best all-rounder While Al Hasan will sit out the first Test that commences in Chattogram on Sunday (15), it is hoped he will be available for the second and final Test of the series in Dhaka on Monday, 23 May. Al Hasan is currently ranked fourth on the MRF Tyres-sponsored International Cricket Council (ICC) Test all-rounder rankings even though he hasn’t played a Test match since he featured against Pakistan at the end of last year. Eighth in WTC rankings The absence of Al Hasan is a bitter blow for a Bangladesh side that was looking to use this series as a platform to catapult themselves up the World Test Championship (WTC) standings. Bangladesh have just one Test victory in the current WTC period and sit in eighth place on the standings and just ahead of England in ninth. More injury blows  Who will replace Al Hasan remains to be seen, but Bangladesh did add fellow all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain to their squad at the end of last month and may include the right-hander in their final XI. Bangladesh are already missing all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz and seamer Taskin Ahmed through injury, whilst young left-armer Shoriful Islam will need to pass a fitness test later in the week before he will be considered.


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