Fast bowler Taskin suffers injury scare

Bangladesh pace spearhead Taskin Ahmed missed the fifth and final T20 against Zimbabwe due to a side strain injury.

He suffered the injury when he dived to save runs during the fourth T20 Bangladesh eventually won by five runs to take a 4-0 lead.

The extent of the injury is unknown.

"Taskin suffered an injury while he dived to save runs during the fourth T20 game against Zimbabwe. He has pain still and therefore he missed out on the fifth game," said BCB chief physician Dr Debashis Chowdhury.

"He is under observation. We are taking care of his injury."

Taskin has been in tremendous form in the series, taking eight wickets in four matches so far.

Injury has been synonymous in Taskin's life since he started his career in professional cricket. He even took a rest from Test cricket to manage his injury.

After the World Cup in India last year in which he suffered a shoulder injury, Taskin was given rest from the Sri Lanka and New Zealand series. He then returned to cricket with BPL and the Zimbabwe series was his first International assignment since the World Cup.