Mosaddek Hossain likely to miss the African tour due to eye infection

In what can be termed as a major blow to the Bangladesh side, all-rounder Mosaddek Hossain will miss out on the important tour of South Africa due to an eye infection. Hossain has previously missed both the Test matches against Australia. Bangladesh won the 1st Test by 20 runs but lost the next one to end the series on 1-1. The Tigers are set to tour the Proteas’ land for a Test series, followed by limited overs cricket.

The all-rounder recently went to Thailand for treatment, but he didn’t receive much relief. The Bangladesh’s support staff is confident that the talented all-rounder will make a successful comeback. Bangladesh will be without their main man Shakib Al Hasan during the Test series, as he is on a break.

Mossadek unsure

“I don’t know what lies ahead,” Mossadek was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz. “There is no drastic improvement and I am not sure when it will be cured.”

“They are saying it can take three to six months (for recovery),” said Debashish Chowdhury, BCB’s chief physician. “No one can give a definite time limit so it will be kind of a miracle if he can make it into the ODI squad for South Africa.”

Full recovery will take time

“There will be no problem for him to play after getting back his vision clearly,” he said. “Earlier he was struggling for the whole day but now that is not the case, which is encouraging.”

“We sent him there (Bangkok) as per the advice of our local eye specialists. This is not a dangerous infection but it will take time for him to fully recover. The treatment most likely will be the same as our eye specialists advised but we still sent him to get a second opinion” Debashish added.