Shakib available for second India Test
Shakib available for second India Test
Shakib available for second India Test
Star Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has no injury concerns and remains in line to play the second Test against India, coach Chandika Hathurusinghe said on Wednesday.
Media reports suggested Shakib played the first of two Tests with a finger injury when India handed Bangladesh a 280-run thrashing in Chennai.
Former Sri Lanka all-rounder Hathurusinghe said "there was no doubt" over Shakib's participation in the second Test, which begins on Friday.
"At the moment I have not heard anything about any sort of injury -- neither from the physio nor from anyone else," Hathurusinghe told reporters in Kanpur, where the Test will be played.
And he is eligible for selection. If there are any changes (in the team) then it's depending on the surface."
The heat has been on Shakib, a 37-year-old former lawmaker who faces a case of alleged murder back home after Bangladesh was plunged into political crisis by student-led protests that led to the ouster of autocratic former leader Sheikh Hasina.
The left-hande who bats in the middle-order and bowls spin, played a key role in his team's historic Test series sweep in Pakistan.
He then went back to England to play county cricket for Surrey instead of returning home ahead of the India tour.