Bangladesh confident injured Shakib will play Windies

ByReuters

Published 12/06/2019 at 04:41 GMT

June 12 (Reuters) - Bangladesh are optimistic that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan will recover from a thigh injury in time for Monday's World Cup match against West Indies in Taunton, their coach Steve Rhodes has said.

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Shakib strained a muscle in his left thigh while batting against England in Cardiff last week, but fought past the pain to make 121 runs as Bangladesh lost by 106 runs.

The 32-year old, who has scored 260 runs at the tournament so far, was a doubt for Tuesday's match against Sri Lanka, which was subsequently abandoned, and Rhodes is confident the extra week's rest will do him good.

"He picked up a little injury in that game against England and he fought on and battled on and played extremely well with an injury," Rhodes told reporters on Tuesday.

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"We're very, very optimistic that with the treatment he will get this week he can recover well and play in that next game against West Indies." (Reporting by Shubham Kalia in Bengaluru; Editing by Simon Jennings)

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