Shakib to undergo physiotherapy

Shakib Al Hasan will not need surgery on his groin injury but will instead undergo physiotherapy in Australia. Shakib, Bangladesh's stand-in captain, arrived in Australia for treatment at the end of August and was examined by a physiotherapist, Dr. Steve Saunders, and surgeon Dr. Peter Malycha in Adelaide.

His treatment will last five or six weeks, in which time doctors will assess how the injury is responding, a Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) statement said. He will return to Dhaka for Eid and continue the treatment at home.

The statement quoted him as saying he was confident of being fit for the home series against Zimbabwe in October.

Shakib is the fifth Bangladesh bowler to sustain an injury in recent months, after Mashrafe Mortaza, fast bowler Rubel Hossain, Nazmul Hossain and left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak.