On Friday, Taskin suffered an injury in his left ankle in a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match against the Chittagong Vikings while fielding for the Sylhet Sixers. He was also the highest wicket-taker in the annual first-class cricket tournament - Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) with a return of 21 wickets in five matches. Shafiul has played in 56 ODIs for Bangladesh, with his last engagement being in Oct 2016 against England in Chattogram. Taskin had made a return to the ODI and Test squads on top of a fine BPL performance. Bangladesh will play the first game of the three-match ODI series in New Zealand on Feb 13.

Source: bd News24 February 05, 2019 17:37 UTC