Tigers confident of Taskin's recovery ahead of T20 WC opener against Sri Lanka

Bangladesh is expecting pace bowler Taskin Ahmed to be available in time for their T20 World Cup 2024 opener against Sri Lanka, reports Cricbuzz.
The right-arm pace bowler, who is travelling with the team as part of 15-member squad for the ongoing three-match T20I series against the USA, did not feature in the opening two games of the series while he will be missing the third one as well as he is going through a rehabilitation programme in the USA.
Taskin's selection in the 15-member World Cup squad turned out to be a big talking point considering there were doubts regarding his participation after he suffered a displaced fracture in the rib region on the right side.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s chief physician Debashish Chowdhury told the online sports portal on Friday that they received positive feedback on Taskin's recovery following an MRI scan on May 23. "Taskin's improvement is very good and satisfying. He is going through a rehabilitation process and undergoing gym training. He is doing running sessions and we will introduce bowling later," said Debashish.
"We just got the reports [of the MRI scan] and talked to the doctor, and it seemed the fracture is almost healed and now we will slowly introduce him to short run-up bowling and later increase the intensity."