The Bangladesh players duo of all-rounder Shakib Al-Hasan (Kolkata Knight Riders) and pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman (Rajasthan Royals) is likely to return home from the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League soon due to the new quarantine rules imposed by the health ministry in Bangladesh, Nizamuddin Chowdhary, the Bangladesh Cricket Board chief, has said on Monday.
Earlier, the BCB has reduced the quarantine requirements for their foreign coaching staff but keeping the intensity of the second wave in India in mind, the board may not apply the same rule now as well. However, the Bangladesh Cricket Team, which is all set to return home from Sri Lanka after the end of the two-match Test series is likely to be exempted from the mandatory quarantine period.
On the other hand, Shakib Al-Hasan and Mustafizur Rahman were scheduled to return to Bangladesh on May 19 and join their national team for the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka which is all set to start from May 23 after following a three-day quarantine
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“We have asked them (Shakib and Mustafizur) to let us know what is their plan for the next 15 days while we have also asked the health ministry to know what kind of quarantine protocol the two players will need to follow,” BCB chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury told Cricbuzz on Monday.
“If the health ministry suggests that they will have to follow seven or 14 days quarantine, they will have to return earlier than scheduled from IPL. But before that, we have to know what rules will be in place for them. We are bound by the Bangladesh Government rules, and will take decisions according to the guideline provided by the government,” he further added.
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Meanwhile, their head coach Russell Domingo and fielding coach Ryan Cook are expected to return home to South Africa and later join them for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, BCB is currently working on the perfect Covid protocols that need to be followed by everyone coming from outside as well.
