DHAKA: Fast bowling all-rounder Mohammad Saifuddin has been ruled out of the upcoming India tour due to a back injury. 

Mohammad Saifuddin will need at least two months to recover from the back injury. So, he won’t be available for the India tour, where Bangladesh will play three T-20 matches. 

Regarding Saifuddin's injury, Bangladesh Cricket Board physician Debashish Chowdhury said he would have to rest for the next two months.

The first T-20 match will be held in Delhi on November 3 while the second one in Rajkot on November 7 and third T20 match of the series will be held at Nagpur on November 10.

Earlier on Oct 17, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced tigers’ 15-men squad for India tour.

Squad:

Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Naim Sheikh, Mushfiqur Rahhim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Musaddek Hossain, Aminul Islam Biplob, Arafat Sunny, Mohammad Saifuddin, Al-Amin Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shafiul Islam.

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