Prior to their Bangladesh tour, Windies Test and ODI captain Jason Holder has been ruled out from the entire Bangladesh tour due to a shoulder injury that he needs at least four weeks to recover from it.

During the recent India tour, Holder missed the first Test at Rajkot due to an ankle injury. However, he returned to the national side from the second Test and then he also appeared in all five ODIs in that tour.

Holder suffered the new injury during the recent India tour and he needs at least four weeks to recover from it. Meanwhile, Kraigg Brathwaite will lead the Windies Test side in the two-match Test series against the hosts Bangladesh, starting on November 22, 2018.

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave told Caribbean News Service, “Jason has a partial thickness tear of his subscapularis tendon. He will undergo physiotherapy and strength work from the period November to December and will be reassessed in four weeks time. The medical panel was concerned that if Jason was to bowl in Bangladesh, the partial tear may become a full tear which may involve the need for surgery and/or a significant break from cricket. It was, therefore, then recommended for Jason not to travel to Bangladesh and instead undergo physiotherapy and rehab in Barbados.”

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In the Bangladesh tour, Windies will play the two-match Test series, three-match ODI series and three-match T20I series from 22 November to 22 December. Fighting with the shoulder issue since the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in March, Holder feels disappointed to miss the entire Bangladesh tour but he has enough faith in the other teammates.

Holder said after missing the entire Bangladesh tour, “I am definitely disappointed not being able to make the tour of Bangladesh, but based on advice from the medical team, we felt this was the best course of action to deal with the ongoing issues I have been having with my shoulder.

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“I have been having issues with my shoulder since the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in March. Since then, I’ve been trying to manage it and the pain levels but it has gotten to a point now where I’ve got to take time to correct it so that going forward I have no further issues. Obviously I am disappointed to miss the tour, but I know the boys are capable of beating Bangladesh.”