Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal will miss the second and final Test against South Africa after aggravating an injury on his left thigh he sustained during the pre-series warm-up match in Benoni. The visitors suffered a major blow on learning about Iqbal's injury as the visitors lost by 333 runs in the first match. Tamim scored 39 and 0 in the first Test in Potchefstroom.
However, a scan which was conducted after the first Test confirmed the scale of the injury, a grade 1 tear that usually takes four weeks to heal, as media reports suggest.
Bangladesh would be hoping that the left-handed batsman returns to fitness in time for the ODI series.
Soumya Sarkar is likely to replace him as an opener in the second Test beginning Friday in Bloemfontein.
Star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has already taken rest from the two-Test series.
(With ANI Inputs).
