Right-handed Bangladesh batter Yasir Ali Rabbi has been ruled out of the two-match Test series against the West Indies starting on June 16 in Antigua. The batter suffered a blow in his back during the three-day practice match against the Cricket West Indies President XI,  confirmed the physio of the Bangladesh team.  “Recovery from such injuries takes about two to three weeks time. Therefore, he will not be available for the Test series,” Bayjedul Islam, the Bangladesh team physio, told the media.  Yasir was expected to take extra responsibility in the absence of Mushfiqur Rahim on the West Indies tour. Mushfiqur is out of this tour due to personal reasons.  The batter has played five Tests, six ODIs and a T20I for Bangladesh so far. He has two fifties under his belt.  Apart from the two-match Test series, Bangladesh will take on the hosts in a three-match ODI and three-match T20I series on this tour as well.  Also Read: WI vs BAN: Tour match ends in a draw after Mustafizur bags three The first Test of the series will begin on June 16 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and the second Test will be played at Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia from June 24.  While the first two T20Is will be played at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica on July 2 and 3 respectively, the third T20I and all three ODIs will be played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on July 10, 13 and 16 respectively. 

Four new faces have been called to the Bangladesh ODI squad that will face Afghanistan in the upcoming three-match series at home. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the team on Monday evening.  Among the new faces, Ebadot Hossain, Yasir Ali and Mahmudul Hasan Joy have played in Tests, but they are yet to get an ODI cap while Nasum Ahmed played T20Is before but he did not play any ODI.  Ebadot, the right-arm pacer, has played 11 List-A matches and bagged 10 wickets while left-arm spinner Nasum played 41 List-A matches to bag 49 wickets.  Also read: ICC Men's Best Cricketer Award January 2022: Ebadot Named in Final Three Right-handed batter Yasir played 77 List-A matches and scored 1878 runs with two centuries and 11 fifties while Mahmudul, another right-handed batter, played 13 List-A matches to score 510 with one hundred and four fifties.  Mohammad Naim, Mosaddek Hossain, Mohammad Mithun, Nurul Hasan, Taijul Islam, Mohammad Saifuddin and Rubel Hossain were overlooked from the last squad.  The ODIs of the Afghanistan series will take place on 23, 25 and 28 February in Chattogram. All the matches will begin at 11am.  After the ODI series, the teams will compete in a two-match T20I series in Dhaka on March 3 and 5.  Also read: Ashraful hits a fifty, Nasum, Mahedi take five each as BCL kicks off Bangladesh squad for Afghanistan series: Tamim Iqbal (Captain), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Nasum Ahmed, Yasir Ali, Mahmudul Hasan Joy

Bangladesh debutant Yasir Ali has been under 24-hour observation in hospital  after he was hurt on his helmet by a nasty bouncer off Shaheen Afridi and suffered a concussion, confirmed the media department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Monday afternoon. Yasir got the blow in the 30th over in the morning session of day four of the ongoing Chattogram Test between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Right after the blow, Yasir called back to the dressing room and was sent to the hospital for a quick scan. Read: Chattogram Test: Bangladesh set a target of 202 for Pakistan “The scan has found no collection and he is medically stable. However, as a precaution, he will be observed for 24 hours at the hospital,” the BCB statement read. Yasir will not take part in the ongoing match. He was Nurul Hasan Sohan as a concussion substitute.  It was the debut Test for Yasir, and he scored 36 in the second innings before retiring out.  Replacement Nurul hit 15. In the fourth innings of the match, Pakistan are batting to chase down a target of 202 to seal the game.  

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Half-centuries by Yasir Ali and Mahidul Islam helped Tamim XI post 221 for eight in 50 overs in the BCB President’s Cup on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. 

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