Veteran Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batter Mushfiqur Rahim was ruled out of the two remaining matches against Afghanistan after sustaining a finger injury in Wednesday's first match at Sharjah.
"Towards the end of Afghanistan's batting innings, Mushfiq injured the tip of his left index finger while keeping wickets," team physio Delowar Hossain said.
"An X-ray after the match has confirmed a fracture on his left index near the DIP joint. He is under conservative management and is not available for the second and third One Day Internationals. Further updates on his condition and expected recovery period will be provided in due course"
The gloveman sustained the injury while keeping wickets in the 49th over during the first ODI in the United Arab Emirates.
Bangladesh conceded a 92-run defeat in that match after losing their last eight wickets for just 23 runs.
Mushfiq scored just one off three balls before being baffled by a carrom delivery of 18-year old off-spinner AM Ghazanfar who ripped through Bangladesh’s batting line-up with 6/26.
Questions were raised as to why Mushfiq came out to bat at No 7 when he usually bats at five or six.
Later it was known that after suffering the injury he took primary treatment to heal the pain so that he can at least bat in the game.
This was the first time since the 2015 Cricket World Cup that Mushfiq batted at No 7 position.
The second and third matches are slated for Saturday and Monday.
