The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Saturday, May 25, that fast bowler Taskin Ahmed has retained his place in the 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup.
The 29-year-old, currently recovering from a rib fracture, will miss the warm-up game against India scheduled for June 1, as he is expected to start bowling from that day.
Paceman Hasan Mahmud, who was included in the squad for the ongoing three-match T20I series, has also been named as a reserve player in case Taskin is unable to recover in time.
Bangladesh opted to carry a 17-member squad for the three T20Is against the USA, with Taskin traveling with the team in hopes of his recovery before the global event, which has now been realized.
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s chief physician, Debashish Chowdhury, told Cricpulse on Friday, May 24, that they received positive feedback on Taskin’s recovery following an MRI scan on May 23.
“Taskin’s improvement is very good and satisfying.
He is going through a rehabilitation process and undergoing gym training.
He is doing running sessions, and we will introduce bowling later,” said Debashish.
“We just got the reports [of the MRI scan] and talked to the doctor, and it seemed the fracture is almost healed.
Now, we will slowly introduce him to short run-up bowling and later increase the intensity.
He is not having any problem with running, and we will be doing throwing sessions in the coming days before starting to bowl with short run-ups.
We are hopeful he will be available from the opening game of the World Cup if he continues to progress in this manner.”
“It was a formality.
Every team was given this opportunity (of changing players till May 25), and so we got the time till 11:59 AM Dubai time.
Following that rule, we have spoken with the coach and the captain, and we kept Taskin in our 15-member squad for the World Cup,” BCB chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain told reporters at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday.
“Taskin had another MRI, and he is recovering faster than expected.
On May 30 or 31, he will be assessed again, and from June 1, he will start his bowling.
We are expecting him to bowl at full pace from June 5,” he added.
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