Bangladesh team, captain Shakib Al Hasan has been ruled out of the Nidahas Trophy due to a finger injury. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Saturday that the star all-rounder is still nursing a finger injury and will be unavailable for the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament also involving hosts Sri Lanka and India. The Nidahas Trophy will start in Colombo on Tuesday with the hosts Sri Lanka taking on No.1-ranked Team India. Shakib had injured his finger in the final of the tri-nation ODI series that Bangladesh lost to Sri Lanka in Dhaka in January.

Shakib was unavailable for the two-Test series and the two-match T20 series against Sri Lanka in January/February. Bangladesh lost the Test series 0-1 and were outplayed 0-2 in the T20 series. Bangladesh included Shakib in the squad for the Nidahas Trophy in the hope that he would recover at some stage of the tournament. The BCB last week sent Shakib to Thailand for an expert opinion on his injured finger, where doctors said it would need more time to heal.  Vice-captain Mahmudullah Riyad will lead the side in the T20 tournament in Shakib's absence. Shakib has been replaced in the squad by batsman Liton Das. Bangladesh will face India in their opening match of the tournament on Thursday.

Bangladesh squads: Mahmudullah, Tamim Iqbal, Soumya Sarkar, Mushfiqur Rahim, Sabbir Rahman, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Abu Jayed, Taskin Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan, Ariful Haque, Nazmul Islam, Abu Hider Rony, Liton Das