Asia Cup 2022: Bangladesh wicketkeeper Nurul Hasan Sohan ruled out with finger injury

Asia Cup 2022: Wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan sustained the finger injury during the three-match T20I series against Zimbabwe in Harare.

Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan has officially been ruled out of the 2022 edition of the Asia Cup due to a finger injury. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) made the announcement on Monday, August 8.

Sohan sustained the injury during the second T20I against Zimbabwe, after which he couldn’t take part in the third T20I followed by the three-match ODI series.

While Mosaddek Hossain Saikat captained the Tigers in the third T20I in Harare, Mahmudullah was called up as a replacement after initially being rested from the 20-over series.

Sohan is currently in Singapore and will return to Dhaka on Tuesday, August 9. It was also learned that the 28-year-old will take around three to four weeks to recover.

"A closed reduction and pinning procedure was performed on Sohan's left index finger by hand surgeon Dr Anthony Foo at the Raffles Hospital this afternoon. Recovery is estimated at three to four weeks," BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury was quoted as saying in a statement.

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC), in the meantime, has given the BCB an extension to name their squad for the Asia Cup due to the injury concerns in the Bangladesh camp.

Earlier, batter Yasir Ali Chowdhury and fast-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin were ruled out of the Zimbabwe series. The duo will have to pass a fitness test to break into Bangladesh’s Asia Cup squad.