Mushfiqur managed out of Test series against Sri Lanka with cracked thumb

A fractured thumb has forced Mushfiqur Rahim to pull out of Bangladesh's two-match Test series against Sri Lanka that gets underway on Friday in Sylhet. Bangladesh physio Bayjedul Islam Khan has confirmed that Mushfiqur will require at least three weeks to recover from the fracture. The 36-year-old experienced the injury during the second over of the third ODI against Sri Lanka on Monday. He was struck by a Taskin Ahmed conveyance on his right thumb and quickly gripped his hand in torment. The group physio dealt just a tad before Mushfiqur continued his wicketkeeping obligations and later played a game dominating unbeaten 37 in the 236-run pursue for Bangladesh. "After the match, Mushfiqur went through a X-beam assessment in Dhaka, which uncovered a separation break on the MIP joint of his right thumb. He is presently going through moderate administration for his physical issue and is supposed to be sidelined for around three to about a month, subsequently managing him out of support in the Test series against Sri Lanka," Bayjedul said. Mushfiqur's exit is a serious disaster for the Bangladesh batting line-up. He has played 88 Tests - the most for any Bangladesh player - and has scored 5676 runs at a normal of 38.09. Mushfiqur was likewise in great structure in the ODI series completing as Bangladesh's second-most noteworthy run-scorer behind Najmul Hossain Shanto. The Bangladesh selectors are yet to report Mushfiqur's substitution yet they don't precisely have a great deal of decisions with legitimate red-ball insight. The ones who could be considered are Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy or Tanzid Hasan, while Jaker Ali and Anamul Haque are additionally straight from the ODI side. Another decision could be 37-year-old Naeem Islam, who played the remainder of his eight Tests in 2012. Naeem has been in great red-ball structure as of late completing the BCL 2023-24 as the main run-scorer and the NCL 2023-24 as the joint second-most noteworthy run-getter. Bangladesh will play the first of the two Tests against Sri Lanka in Sylhet prior to making a trip to Chattogram for the second Test that starts off on Walk 30. Sri Lanka won the T20I series 2-1 preceding Bangladesh returned quickly to take the ODI leg by a similar edge.