Shoulder injury rules Jason Holder out of Bangladesh tour
Thursday, 15 November 2018
West Indies suffered a big blow as captain Jason Holder was ruled out of the Bangladesh tour with a shoulder injury, reports Cricbuzz.
Holder is said to have suffered the injury during the recent tour of India, and will need at least four weeks to recover from the setback.
"Jason has a partial thickness tear of his subscapularis tendon. He will undergo physiotherapy and strength work from the period November to December and will be reassessed in four weeks time," Cricket West Indies' (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave confirmed to Carribean News Service.
"The medical panel was concerned that if Jason was to bowl in Bangladesh, the partial tear may become a full tear which may involve the need for surgery and/or a significant break from cricket.
It was, therefore, then recommended for Jason not to travel to Bangladesh and instead undergo physiotherapy and rehab in Barbados."
West Indies play Bangladesh in the Asian country in two Tests, three ODIs and three T20s starting from November 22, and Holder is expected to be out for the full set.
Kraigg Brathwaite, the West Indies vice-captain in Tests, is expected to take over from the all-rounder for the Tests.
The injury will come as a big blow for a West Indies side hoping to establish itself once again in the longest format.