Miraz, Shoriful ruled out of 2nd Test
Mehedi Hasan Miraz is unavailable for the second Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, scheduled to be held in Mirpur, after the all-rounder missed out on the first Test following a finger injury while left-arm seamer Shoriful Islam also faces the same fate as the selectors announced the 16-member squad yesterday.
Shoriful fractured his right hand during the fourth day of the first Test in Chittagong and it was revealed that the 20-year-old was ruled out of the second Test, slated for May 23. The selectors, however, did not include any replacement of Shoriful for the upcoming Test, considering the hosts have four seamers in Ebadot Hossain, Khaled Ahmed, Rejaur Rahman and Shohidul Islam in the squad.
Off-spinner Miraz injured his right hand's index finger during the Dhaka Premier League game on April 24, following which he was prescribed to rest for two weeks but the cricketer is yet to recover from the injury.
Shoriful was deemed unfit to play for the next four to five week and that likely puts him, alongside another injured pacer Taskin Ahmed, out of the Test series in West Indies, where pace-friendly surfaces will be in store.
Bangladesh are likely to play the first Test in Antigua on June 16 before playing the second Test in St. Lucia from June 24.
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