Mahmudullah’s hopes shattered

The hopes of vice-captain Mahmudullah to return to the national team with the second Test against West Indies were shattered after he was diagnosed with a fractured bone in his right thumb on Thursday.
Mahmudullah was all set to go through a fitness test on Thursday before getting into the Bangladesh squad for the second Test match.
The all-rounder has just recovered from dengue he picked up on October 10 and which kept him out of the series against the West Indies so far. 
But misery seems to be a constant companion of him as he was hit by a ball in his thumb nail while batting in the nets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Wednesday.
Though it did not seem to be severe on the very night and while puncturing the injured finger to remove the blood clot it was found that new blood was coming out. 
He felt pain when padding up for practice that prompted the physicians to have an X-ray which finally showed he had fractured his thumb.
‘He is having a fracture in his right thumb and is ruled out for three weeks,’ Debashish Chowdhury, a physician of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, told reporters on Thursday.
‘He will join the camp for the Pakistan series on November 18 and we hope he will recover by that time,’ he added.
His injury opened the door for Imrul Kayes to have another opportunity after the opener accumulated 511 runs in 15 Tests at 17.03.