Shakib's finger injury, Tamim raised the question
September 21, 20242 Mins Read

Bangladesh stepped into India with a little extra wind in its sails of confidence. The Test series win against Pakistan certainly gave the Tigers a mental boost. Bharsa's name was Shakib Al Hasan. Shakib returned to county cricket after 13 years with 9 wickets. Shakib will do great on the spinning wickets of Chennai – that was the expectation.

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But Chennai is like a market of despair in Bangladesh. There was a picture of batting failure. The time with the ball was also good till the first two sessions of that first day. After that, Bangladesh will definitely want to forget about that great pair of 199 runs of Ashwin-Jadeja. And Rishabh Pant-Shubman Gill scored a double century in the second innings.

After all this, the question is, where is Shakib with the ball in the team's needs? From whom there were 9 wickets in the county. He played 28 consecutive overs for the team. But six days later in Chennai, Shakib bowled a total of 21 overs. There was no wicket. Everyone is looking for an answer to the question why Shakib is in such a state. And that was found thanks to Murali Karthik.

The former India left-arm spinner spoke to Shakib on the third day. Later in the commentary, he also said what happened with Shakib, 'I have known him for a long time. I asked him why he is bowling less...what he told me, I understand as a spinner.'

After that, Murali Karthik said about Shakib's injury, 'A surgery has been done on the spinning finger of his left hand. It is now swollen, hard. He can't even feel the ball in that finger. As a spinner, ball feel is essential. Apart from this, he also has discomfort in his shoulder.'

Shakib's long time teammate Tamim was in the commentary room. After this explanation of Murali Karthik raised questions about the team management, 'Murali Karthik said, Shakib is not able to grip the ball due to finger problem. If that is the case, then Bangladesh are playing with four frontline bowlers. The team management must inform whether they knew about this injury beforehand or not.'

Meanwhile, Bangladesh Cricket Board doctor Debashish Chowdhury has been contacted regarding Shakib's injury. He gave different information. BCB chief doctor Debashish Chowdhury said that he knew about Shakib's surgery. Besides, he has no information about Shakib's latest injury.