Dhaka: Bangladesh sensational cutter master Mustafizur Rahman suffered a shoulder injury in the last year during playing with English County team Sussex in the Twenty20 Blast competition. Mustafiz played only two matches before his injury. Mustafiz had to go through a surgery for the extra liquid on his shoulder. The left arm pace bowler was out of cricket for six months owing to his injury.

The young sensation of cricket set to return on Bangladesh’s New Zealand tour last year right after his recovery.

The management concerned with Bangladesh cricket team said Mustafiz has not been playing consecutive matches for his injury. He played first two T20 matches against Black Caps. But the cutter master himself refuses to play in the third one.

Bangladesh cricket team management said he is just suffering from backbone pain which is absolutely normal for pace bowlers.  

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) selector Habibul Bashar Sumon said Mustafiz is not suffering from any major setback.

‘There is nothing serious about Mustafiz. This kind of backbone problem is completely normal for a pace bowler,’ the former Bangladesh captain added

Habibur Bashar also said, ‘Mustafiz may not be in the team on Sunday for a better preparation for the test series against Kiwis. Everything depends on the situation.’

The first Test is set to start on January 12 in Wellington. Before that the third T20 match will be played in Mount Maunganui at 8:00am (Bangladesh Time) on Sunday.