Mushfiqur Rahim will miss Bangladesh's Asia Cup Super Four match in opposition to India, scheduled for Friday in Colombo, after being "granted an extension of leave" by the BCB to be along with his household.He had returned to Dhaka after Bangladesh's final match, against Sri Lanka on September 9, to be along with his spouse for the delivery of their second baby, and was initially anticipated to rejoin the crew for the India match, Bangladesh's final within the competitors.

"Mushfiqur has informed us that his wife is still recovering [after giving birth], and he needs to be by her side and with their children at this time," BCB cricket operations chairman Jalal Yunus mentioned in a press release. "We fully understand his situation and have decided to permit him to skip the game."

It has been a poor Asia Cup for Bangladesh, the place the dominant win in opposition to Afghanistan within the group stage was their solely efficiency of observe. On that event, they scored 334 for five batting first courtesy centuries from Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Najmul Hossain Shanto. But they've misplaced their different three video games, twice to Sri Lanka and as soon as to Pakistan, convincingly.