Dhaka: The Bangladesh cricket team who struggled to fight the injury before facing a formidable challenge from Pakistan’s hosting for the two-test series began on Friday in Chittagong.
Shakib Star Player Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal Absent, added a lack of confidence in the camp after losing eight international international Twenty20, which means Pakistan will start as a favorite.
The visitors completed a 3-0 clean sweep in the twenty -20 series before but would without leading the Yasir Shah spinner, who had breastfed a thumb injury since September.
The leg spinner has become the main Bowler for Pakistan since 2014, taking 235 numbers in 46 tests.
Shakib’s All-Rounder suffered a hamstring injury to West Indies in Sharjah last month which ended his T20 World Cup, but he had been included in the test team in the hope that he would regain his fitness.
But the head of the Bangladeshi voter Minhajul Abedin said on Tuesday: “Shakib has not recovered from his injury.
He needs further rehabilitation.
Our physiotherapist is constantly caring for him.” Tamim was abandoned from the test forces when he recovered from a finger injury and could not continue training until next month, said the Bangladeshi cricket board official.
Minhajul believes Bangladesh will be able to redeem the absence of Shakib.
“We have options in the rotary department as well as in speed.
The team for the first test consists of Cricketers who have played together regularly and they know the request of the test match,” he said.
“Pakistan is a formidable team but we believe that Bangladesh will be competitive if we are disciplined and patient.” Pakistan will replace Yasir with a 36-year-old Bilal Asif, who plays the latest from five tests in 2018.
“We have experienced test players, we want to only continue momentum,” said Captain Babar Pakistan Azam after sweeping Bangladesh in the T20 series.
Pakistan has played 10 tests against Bangladesh, won nine.
The only draw of Bangladesh came in 2015 when Tamim scored the first test of two hundred in the opening record of 312-run with Imrul Kayes in the second half in Khulna.
The second test will begin in Dhaka in 4.
Bangladeshi troops: Mominul Haque (captain), Shadman Islam, Saif Hasan, Najmul Hossim, Mushfiqur Rahim, Liton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Hossain, Ebadul, Chowdhury, Abu Jayed Chowdhury , Yasir Ali, Mahmudit Hasan, Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan Pakistan Troops: Babar Azam (captain), Mohammad Rizwan, Abdullah Shafique, Abid Ali, Azhar Ali, Bilal Asif, Fawad Ali, Fawad Ali, Imam-Ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Nasuman Ali, Sajid Khan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Zahid Mahmood