Injured Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza will need to have arthroscopic surgery on both knees.
The surgery is likely to be performed on Monday under the supervision of Dr. David Young, who also operated on both knees of the premier Bangladesh pace bowler in 2003, in Melbourne.
The possible duration for recovery of the pace spearhead, who injured his right knee during the first Test against the West Indies at St. Vincent last month and has been sidelined since, will be confirmed only after an assessment on the extent of the injury.
The 25-year-old Tigers skipper saw orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Young in Melbourne on Friday and after examining his injured right knee and the left knee, Young has advised him to undergo arthroscopic surgery on both knees. Arthroscopy is a way for a surgeon to look into joint with a camera and the most common type of arthroscopy is arthroscopic knee surgery.
The player has been under Dr. Young's, who has treated several of the world's leading cricketers including Muttiah Muralidaran and Shoaib Akhtar, treatment over the past few years.
Mashrafe has been living with the horror of injury since he made his international debut in 2001 as he had to undergo surgery in 2003 after suffering a twisted knee during the second Test against England in Chittagong which kept him out of Tests for over a year. He has also been suffering from persistent back injury.