Two pacers were with the team in the South Africa series. Shariful could not get on the field due to an ankle injury. And Taskin suffered a right shoulder injury during the first Test. As a result, he did not play in the second Test.

They will not be in the team for the first Test against Sri Lanka as the injury has not healed. Their absence was confirmed to an Indian cricket site by the head of BCB’s cricket operations, Jalal Yunus.

“Taskin will miss the whole series against Sri Lanka,” he said. And we probably won’t get Shariful in the first Test. “We want to send Taskin to England to check on the condition of his injury so that he can be back fully fit. Shariful will also go out for treatment. That’s why we won’t get him in the first Test. ”

The first of Bangladesh’s two Test matches against Sri Lanka starts on May 15. The first Test will be played at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.

Then the two teams will return to Dhaka. The second Test of the series will be played on the 23rd at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.