Tigers' injury list lengthens
"Normally I start from my home ten minutes before practice starts at Mirpur. I woke up early today [Thursday] and my wife told me to go to practice early. I usually take one of my two cars or my bike, but one of the cars and the bike were having some problems and my wife had taken the other one. So, I decided to take a rickshaw ride. And when the rickshaw was taking a turn I saw a bus heading towards us. The first thing that came to my mind at that moment was that I would have to protect my knees. So, I jumped from the rickshaw and landed on the concrete on my hands. I was staring death in the face. Thankfully, I've survived a big scare. I'm okay now but I'm really feeling bad for [Mahmudullah] Riyad."
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza |
The academy ground, the main ground and the indoor facilities of the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium normally draw the attention of the media as the Tigers practise ahead of the coming home series against India, but the medical room was the main attraction for them yesterday.
Over the last few months the injuries kept the medical staff on their toes, but yesterday it reached a pinnacle following the injuries to Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Mahmudullah Riyad. First the injury to Mashrafe following a road accident in Mirpur had spread like wildfire and many had anticipated another disaster keeping in mind the dreadful history of one injury after another to the Narail Express, but when the Bangladesh ODI skipper came out from the medical room, his smiling face brought huge relief.
On the other hand the gloomy face of Riyad told the story about how much his finger injury saddened him because by then he had already learnt the pathetic news in the medical room that the India series was over for the right-hander, as he will be out of action for three to four weeks due to the left-hand index finger injury he had suffered during catching practice yesterday.
While these two incidents made headlines, the team has been spending uncomfortable moments with Tamim Iqbal too. The left-handed opener was reportedly down with the development that cystic changes were present in his injured knee.
According to a source, the opener had an MRI done on his troubled left-knee while he was on vacation and sent it to Dr David Young, who had operated on Tamim's knee in December last year in Melbourne.
Famous surgeon Young suspected something in his knee which brought some anxiousness, but BCB's medical experts, who had detected it before the operation last December, were hardly bothered with it as they believe that it's not harmful to the player's sporting participation. Still they sent the report to the experts of Apollo Hospital for their review, which they expect to receive within next two-three days.
The BCB physicians thought that it could only be confirmed whether there was anything like tumour after pathological examinations, which they want to do after the India and South Africa series and focus on the management of the meniscus for now.
The injury became a big issue for the Bangladesh cricket team in the last few months. Recently, pacer Rubel Hossain had to be left out of the second Test against Pakistan due to a side strain, and pacer Shahadat Hossain could bowl only two balls in the second Test before he was ruled out and the finger injury Mushfiqur Rahim had suffered during the first Test in Khulna is still a concern for the team management ahead of the India series.
Now Riyad has become the latest addition to the injury list.
"The X-ray results confirmed a fracture on his [Mahmudullah Riyad] left index finger which was sustained during fielding practice Thursday morning. Such injuries take around 3 to 4 weeks to heal. He will begin his rehab under the BCB's medical team in the next couple of days. Sometimes the recovery depends on how an individual responds to rehab," said BCB's senior physician Dr Debashis Chowdhury.
Regarding Mashrafe's status, Chowdhury said: "He has been given medication and requires dressing on a regular basis. We expect him to recover in 7 to 10 days but after two days he will have a knee scan and then we can only say that there is no serious damage."
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