INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bangladesh fast bowler Ebadot Hossain has been ruled out of the ODI Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a knee injury, the Bangladesh
Cricket Board said Tuesday.The 29-year-old right-arm quick bowler sustained the injury during the one-day international series against
Afghanistan last month.The BCB said he had not made the expected recovery to be considered for the six-nation Asia Cup but hoped he would be
fit to play the upcoming ODI World Cup, Reuters reported.BCB chief physician Debashis Chowdhury said in a statement Ebadot&s anterior
cruciate ligament injury required further treatment.The Asia Cup is scheduled from August 30 to September 17, while the World Cup opens in
India on October 5.&Considering the importance of the Bangladesh team&s next major event… the BCB is committed to exploring every safe
medical option available for getting Ebadot back to full fitness,& Chowdhury said.The BCB has called up uncapped pacer Tanzim Hasan Sakib as
The 20-year-old has taken 57 wickets from 37 List A matches, including nine wickets in three matches in the recent Emerging Men&s Asia
Cup.Sakib&s inclusion means there are five players in the squad from the 2020 ICC U19 World Cup-winning team.Tawhid Hridoy, Shoriful Islam,
Shamim Hossain and Tanzid Hasan Tamim are the others included in the Asia Cup squad.Bangladesh will play alongside Sri Lanka and Afghanistan
in Group B of the Asia Cup.The post Bangladesh&s Ebadot ruled out of Asia Cup first appeared on Ariana News.
