‘Had told Shakib not play with risk’

Sports Correspondent: Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon said that Shakib Al-Hasan had decided to play in the Asia Cup after getting green signal from physio Thihan Chandramohan.

He said, “I told him to play in the Asia Cup, but did not create any pressure. He (Shakib) himself took decision to take part in the tournament after talking to physio.”

Shakib wanted to undergo surgery before the Asia Cup. But later he cancelled the decision after talking to the board president.

BCB president Papon told media their discussion on Tuesday.

He said, “Shakib met me in Mecca and Madina and asked me what he would do. I told him it’s your decision. In Madina, I told him not to take risk. First, talk to the physio. After talking to the physio he informed that there was no problem for him to participate in the tournament.”

“We are all very surprised. How could things get so serious and that amount of pus gather in one day. “It’s a big question for us how this amount of pus could have gathered,” he added.

“I talked to the ones involved and after talking to them, what I understood is that it was hard for them to recognize the infection. Shakib was administered injections at West Indies and I don’t know whether the infection happened due to the injection. If there was infection beforehand then the steroids could have complicated matters but since Shakib did not complain, we cannot say for sure. We don’t understand the situation but we are trying to get to the bottom of it,” the president said.


risingbd/Dhaka/October 09, 2018/Yeasin/A K Azad