Bangladesh Cricket Board officials said on Sunday that experienced batter Mushfiqur Rahim is unavailable for the ODI series against West Indies.
Both of them missed the Test series against West Indies as they are recovering from their respective injuries that they sustained during the ODIs against Afghanistan.
Towards the end of Afghanistan's innings in the three-match series opener at UAE, Mushfiqur injured the tip of his left Index finger while keeping wickets and the X-ray after the match confirmed a fracture that forced him out of action for four to six weeks.
"As far as Mushfiqur is concerned I don't think he will be able to make it to the ODIs against West Indies as he will need more time to recover," a BCB official confirmed Cricinfo.
"We cannot take any risk with him as this is a groin injury and if he damages it further by playing the ODIs against Windies then in that case he might have to remain out of cricket for one to one and a half months and that can be quite devastating as we have Champions Trophy but what I understand is he is progressing well," he said.
The ODI series will begin on December 8, followed by the T20I series starting on December 16.
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