Published 18:03 IST, October 17th 2019

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal suffers muscle strain before India tour

Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal suffers a muscle strain ahead of their Indian tour next month. Bangladesh team will play 3 T20s and 2 Tests against India

Reported by: Aakash Saini
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On ir second-ever bilateral tour to India, Bangladeshi team will be visiting cricket-crazy nation next month for a three-match T20I series and two-match Test series. Test series between two Asian giants will be second edition of Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy, which started when Bangladesh team previously visited India in 2017. In 2017 series, Team India won one-off Test match by 208 runs. Virat Kohli scored a quick-fire 204 in first innings to propel India’s total to 687-6d.

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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal suffers a muscle strain

With just two weeks left in tour, Bangladesh cricket team received an injury scare as ir regular opener Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of ongoing National Cricket League match. left-hander suffered a muscle strain in tournament and will w miss out second-round game for Chittagong Division.

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While speaking with reporters, BCB chief physician Debashish Chowdhury said, "His rib sustained slight injury day before yesterday. As he was t feeling pain, he batted in nets yesterday but again pain resurfaced and we had a scan yesterday and we got report today that suggested that he should take rest for next seven days”.

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Bangladesh tour of India 2019

upcoming tour is scheduled to begin with a T20I affair in Delhi on vember 3. opening match will be followed by two more clashes scheduled on vember 7 and 10. second and third T20I matches will be held in Rajkot and Nagpur. three-match T20I series will n be followed by two Test matches which will begin on vember 14 at Holkar Stadium in Indore. To complete tour, final match of series is scheduled for vember 22 at Eden Gardens. Ganguly–Durjoy Test series will also form a part of ongoing ICC World Test Championship. Team India currently leads Championship points table while Bangladesh are yet to open ir campaign.

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14:38 IST, October 17th 2019