Mushfiqur Rahim will miss Bangladesh’s Asia Cup Tremendous 4 match in opposition to India, scheduled for Friday in Colombo, after being “granted an extension of go away” by the BCB to be along with his household.
He had returned to Dhaka after Bangladesh’s final match, in opposition to Sri Lanka on September 9, to be along with his spouse for the delivery of their second youngster, and was initially anticipated to rejoin the group for the India match, Bangladesh’s final within the competitors.
“Mushfiqur has knowledgeable us that his spouse remains to be recovering [after giving birth], and he must be by her aspect and with their kids presently,” BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus mentioned in a press release. “We totally perceive his scenario and have determined to allow him to skip the sport.”
Bangladesh’s slim hopes of qualifying for the ultimate of the Asia Cup have been dashed as soon as India beat Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Colombo. The winners of the Pakistan vs Sri Lanka sport on Thursday will be part of India within the last, to be performed on Sunday. And in case of an abandonment, Sri Lanka will undergo by advantage of their superior web run-rate.
It has been a poor Asia Cup for Bangladesh, the place the dominant win in opposition to Afghanistan within the group stage was their solely efficiency of observe. On that event, they scored 334 for five batting first courtesy centuries from Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain Shanto. However they’ve misplaced their different three video games, twice to Sri Lanka and as soon as to Pakistan, convincingly.
Mushfiqur had been one in every of their higher performers with the bat, slotting in behind Shanto and Mehidy on the record of high run-getters for the group with 131 from 4 innings at a mean of 32.75, with the 64 in opposition to Pakistan his finest outing.
