The Tigers along with India reached the port city yesterday morning without the ace batsman who has been admitted to hospital on Saturday night.

Pace spearhead Mashrafe Bin Mortaza was the first casualty of injury as he missed the first one-dayer because of back pain and now Bangladesh vice-captain Ashraful has been suffering from high temperature.

Chief selector Faruque Ahmed informed that there was no chance for Ashraful to play the last one-day match and said the team-management didn't want any replacement for the ace batsman.

"His temperature has come down but he is still in the hospital, so there is no chance to see him in the third one-day match.

But we hopeful that he will join the team in Chittagong well before the start of the first Test match," Faruque said.

"We (selectors) were ready to give a replacement but team-management felt that the existing squad is good enough," he added.

The sickness of Ashraful makes way for all-rounder Forhad Reza to play his first game in the series.

Captain Habibul Bashar though, was desperately looking forward to getting his deputy back for the final one-dayer as he said that it is a very important match for them, although they have already conceded the series.

"There is a very slim chance for Ashraful to play the match but we wanted to monitor his condition till tomorrow and that was the reason we didn't ask for any replacement for him. If Ashraful feels good than definitely he will play the match because he is an important player in the team," said Bashar over telephone yesterday.

"We are desperately looking forward to this game despite the fact that we lost the series. It would be fantastic if we can manage a win before a tough Test series," he added.

The 34-year old Bangladesh captain said that his side was not totally demoralised by the series defeat as they had played some good cricket.

"Our performance was not too bad if you compare it with the previous series we played at home. We were very much close in the first game and in the second match it was also not a one-sided affair. So, we have the self-belief that we can still win a match," he said.

The right-hander also expressed his satisfaction on returning amongst the runs after making 43 in the second match at Mirpur on Saturday. "It's good for me that we got some runs ahead of the Test series," he said.

Bashar was however worried with the hot and humid condition.

"It is very tough weather conditions where everybody feel uncomfortable," he said.

The teams didn't turn up at the venue yesterday as they preferred full rest under such heat.