Bangladesh star pacer Taskin Ahmed has been ruled out of the one-off Test against Ireland which is going to start on April 4. Because of injury, Taskin won’t be able to participate in the match.

The Pacers are already a bit injury prone. On top of that, the national team has been playing for weeks. Before there was Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). The players are therefore not getting a chance to rest.

At the end of the T20I series against Ireland a few days ago, Taskin said that he’s fully prepared for the Test. But in the end, he is out of the Test. The pacer is suffering from a side strain injury, which he sustained during the T20I series. Because of this, Taskin was not seen in practice. The 28-year-old pacer needs to rest for a couple of weeks.

In the absence of Taskin, the Bangladesh team will have to think a little more about arranging the pace attack. According to selector Abdur Razzak, there is a possibility of playing with three pacers in this match. And apart from Taskin, there are exactly 3 pacers in the squad - Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, and Khaled Ahmed. No replacement has been called yet for Taskin.

Bangladesh squad: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das (wk), Tamim Iqbal, Shadman Islam, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy.