NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s World Cup marketing campaign has been dealt a big blow as their captain, Shakib Al Hasan, might be sidelined for his or her closing World Cup match after fracturing his finger throughout their current victory over Sri Lanka. The Bangladesh Cricket Board confirmed this unlucky information.
Shakib performed a pivotal function within the match in opposition to Sri Lanka, scoring 82 runs and taking two wickets in a match-winning efficiency that earned him the player-of-the-match award.Regardless of sustaining an harm to his left index finger early in his innings, he continued to bat with supportive taping and painkillers to assist Bangladesh chase down the goal of 280.
The severity of Shakib’s harm was decided after an emergency X-ray in Delhi, which confirmed a fracture on the left PIP joint. The restoration interval for his harm is estimated to be three to 4 weeks.
Along with his on-field contributions, Shakib was concerned within the controversial time-out dismissal of Sri Lankan batter Angelo Mathews, which had led to a social media dispute the place Mathews referred to as him a “cheat.” Shakib defended his resolution, emphasising that it was inside the guidelines of the sport.
Bangladesh are set to play Australia of their final group match on Saturday. Nonetheless, Bangladesh have already been eradicated from the World Cup semi-finals race, having secured solely two wins in eight matches.
(With inputs from Reuters)
Shakib performed a pivotal function within the match in opposition to Sri Lanka, scoring 82 runs and taking two wickets in a match-winning efficiency that earned him the player-of-the-match award.Regardless of sustaining an harm to his left index finger early in his innings, he continued to bat with supportive taping and painkillers to assist Bangladesh chase down the goal of 280.
The severity of Shakib’s harm was decided after an emergency X-ray in Delhi, which confirmed a fracture on the left PIP joint. The restoration interval for his harm is estimated to be three to 4 weeks.
Along with his on-field contributions, Shakib was concerned within the controversial time-out dismissal of Sri Lankan batter Angelo Mathews, which had led to a social media dispute the place Mathews referred to as him a “cheat.” Shakib defended his resolution, emphasising that it was inside the guidelines of the sport.
Bangladesh are set to play Australia of their final group match on Saturday. Nonetheless, Bangladesh have already been eradicated from the World Cup semi-finals race, having secured solely two wins in eight matches.
(With inputs from Reuters)
