Shakib Al Hasan used a strap around his neck while batting during the fourth day of the first Test match against India at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday — AFP Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) officials said on Monday that they will take a call on Shakib Al Hasan's availability in the Kanpur Test following a medical assessment, reports Cricbuzz.
Shakib injured his finger while batting in the opening Test against India in Chennai. Shakib got hit by a Jasprit Bumrah delivery and needed some treatment.
"We are heading to Kanpur today (Tuesday). We will have two sessions afterwards and we will judge after that (regarding Shakib's availability in second Test) and we don't want to make a decision yet," Hannan Sarkar, member of the BCB's selection panel, told reporters at Chennai on Monday.
"These two days, the physio has kept him under observation. When we get back to the ground, we will get the physio's feedback. We have to think before picking Shakib for the next match and there is time before the next match. We will see what condition he is in," he said.
Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain insisted that they did not use Shakib as a bowler as he felt others were doing well and brushed aside injury concern of the left-arm spinner. Hannan echoed the same sentiment and also cleared that Shakib had no finger injury issue ahead of the opening Test.
"We know the pain in his hand is being discussed. It was not there before the match and many have tried to explain it in different ways. But before the match, we got a 100 percent clearance from the physio before taking him. He was a 100 percent fit then," said Hannan.
"You can't say it's an injury. The discomfort he felt in that finger was not there before the match. He felt that when he started to bowl," he said.
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