Online Reporter
LITTON Das will not be fit to play the first ODI in Zimbabwe, scheduled for July 6, but should be able to play the next two games, on July 9 and 11 respectively, in the opinion of Bangladesh cricket team physio Bayzedul Islam Khan.
“Litton Das is suffering from an injury in his left calf muscle. It’s a Grade I injury. It usually takes two to three weeks to recover from an injury like that. Two weeks have already passed. We are expecting him to recover by the end of the third week,” Bayzedul said.
“The possibility of him playing in the first ODI is almost nil, but he should be able to play in the second and third ODIs if he can meet all the parameters of our fitness test.”
Team manager Nafees Iqbal, meanwhile, confirmed that Litton would be reaching Zimbabwe today.
The rest of the squad is already in Zimbabwe. Despite not being entirely fit, Litton was cleared to join the ODI squad for the three-match series in Zimbabwe, which will follow the ongoing one-off Test.
He was last in action in the ODI series against Australia at home in mid-June, but missed the subsequent three-match T20I series against Australia, which Bangladesh lost 3-0, and was also ruled out of the Zimbabwe Test.
Bangladesh squad for ODIs in Zimbabwe
Mehidy Hassan Miraz (capt), Soumya Sarkar, Saif Hassan, Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Towhid Hridoy, Litton Das, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Tanvir Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Nahid Rana — espn
