Bangladesh lose key players to Covid protocol for upcoming Australia series

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Bangladesh lose key players to Covid protocol for upcoming Australia series

July 27, 2021: Bangladesh have ruled out batsmen Mushfiqur Rahim and Liton Das for next month’s T20 series against Australia, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Nizamuddin Chaudhry, chief executive of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, said Mushfiqur and Liton had recently left for a recent tour of Zimbabwe due to a family emergency and would have to separate before joining the team.

“Our agreed protocol with Australia is that a player has to be in a bio-secure zone at least 10 days before the series,” Chowdhury told AFP.

Australia are expected to arrive in Bangladesh on Wednesday for the five-match series, which starts August 3.

“Liton left the bio-secure zone in Zimbabwe on Monday. If he had returned with the team, he would have been available for selection. Since he left the team early and mixed with the community, he cannot be considered for the series,” Chowdhury said.

“The same applies for Mushfiqur. We spoke to the Australian team to reduce the period to eight days to include Mushfiqur. But their medical team did not agree,” he added.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur returned from Bangladesh’s tour of Zimbabwe on July 14. To be eligible for the series, he needed to be in the bubble from July 20. Both teams and match officials are staying in the same hotel, which was sealed off from July 20, ahead of the games at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla national stadium on August 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9.

“The series is firmly on track. There is no question of deferring it now,” Chowdhury said.

Bangladesh will also be without star batsman Tamim Iqbal for the series because of a knee injury that will leave him sidelined for up to 10 weeks.

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