Mustafizur to miss BPL again?
Mustafizur Rahman is unlikely to feature in the upcoming fifth edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) after the left-arm pacer was diagnosed with a grade-2 strain in his right ankle.
"We checked the MRI today [Thursday] and the report showed a grade-2 strain. This kind of injury takes a long time to heal. He [Mustafizur] started physiotherapy yesterday [Wednesday] and will stay in Dhaka to continue it," team physician Dr. Debashish Chowdhury informed yesterday.
When asked whether Mustafizur had any chance of playing the BPL, which will kick off from November 4, Chowdhury said: "We will check his condition after two weeks, so at the moment we cannot say whether he can play the tournament. But as I said this kind of injury takes a long time."
However sources at Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said that the board would not take any risks before the important home series against Sri Lanka, who will arrive in Dhaka sometime in the second week of January to play two Tests and as many T20Is. Besides that there is also a proposed tri-nation ODI tournament which the BCB is negotiating with their Zimbabwean counterparts.
Rajshahi Kings picked Mustafizur during the BPL players' draft in September 16.
Mustafizur had twisted his ankle while reportedly playing football ahead of a training session in South Africa which ruled him out of the three-match ODI and two-match T20I series and forced him to return home early. The left-armer was one of the bright spots in an otherwise abysmal bowling performance in the two-match Test series.
In the third edition of the BPL Mustafizur played for Dhaka Dynamites and scalped 14 wickets at an average of 15.28 over 10 matches. However he had to sit out the fourth edition last year due to a shoulder injury.
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