Pacers Taskin Ahmed and Shoriful Islam have been ruled out of the first Test against Sri Lanka, set to begin on May 15, due to their respective injuries.
BCB cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus confirmed the development and added that they want the pace duo to return to full fitness given the packed international assignments lined up in the coming days.
Earlier, Shoriful had missed the two-match Test series against South Africa due to an ankle injury and even though he recovered from it, BCB is planning to send him abroad to have an operation as he is having abdominal issues.
Taskin injured his right shoulder during the opening Test against South Africa and was ruled out from the following Test and is now going through conservative treatment for the supraspinatus tendon injury.
“Taskin is unlikely to play against Sri Lanka while Shoriful is likely to miss the opening Test against the Lankans at home," Jalal told Cricbuzz on Sunday.
“Taskin is having a shoulder injury and is now going through conservative treatment but we want to send him to England to assess his status and take necessary steps so that when he returns, he is fully fit.
“Shoriful also needs to go abroad for another treatment, and for that, we are unlikely to get him in the opening Test against Sri Lanka.
“We want them to sort out all their physical issues and return fully fit as we have lot of international cricket ahead,” he said.
Jalal added that BCB is thinking of compensating Taskin for not playing in the IPL though he did not want to reveal the amount.
Bangladesh’s former national captain Mashrafe Mortaza urged BCB to compensate Taskin for missing the IPL to make him available in the Test series against South Africa.
“We will try to compensate him financially (for skipping IPL to play for the national team) and we have kept that in our mind but you must consider that even he said that the series was more important than IPL. So money is not the major issue but surely we are thinking how we can compensate him,” he said.
BCB likely to tour Australia for two Tests in 2027
BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus said that they are likely to tour Australia for a two-match Test series in 2027. It will be Bangladeshs first bilateral tour to the country since 2008 and the first Test in Australia since 2003.
Both the boards agreed to the series during the ICC meeting and are now working on a suitable date.
“We are confident to play two Tests in Australia in 2027,” said Jalal.
“We are also trying to see if we can tour England though nothing is finalized as yet.”