Aliss Islam is replaced in the Bangladesh T20I team by Jaker Ali.

In place of off-spinner Aliss Al Islam, wicketkeeper-batter Jaker Ali Anik has been pulled into the T20I team for the forthcoming three-match series against Sri Lanka. According to an announcement made by the Bangladesh Cricketa Board on Saturday, March 2.

While playing for Comilla Victorians in the just finished Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), Aliss Al Islam, suffered a finger injury.

“The test confirmed the swelling and sprained ligament seen on Allison’s middle finger’s MRI. National Team physiotherapist Bayjedul Islam Khan said in a statement on Saturday that “his recovery is estimated to take two to three weeks, thus ruling him out of the series.”

In the last BPL, the 26-year-old Jaker showed promise for the Comilla Victorians. Scoring 199 runs at a 99.5 average and a 141 strike rate. The middle-order hitter was substituted with a spinner by the selection panel’s chairman, Gazi Ashraf Hossain. Because their roster already included slow bowlers.

We have three additional front-line spinners in the T20 team in addition to Aliss: Taijul (Islam). Shak Mahedi (Hasan), and Rishad (Hossain), “added Ashraf. “We think the team’s balance would be better served by having someone like Jaker Ali. Who can bolster the middle or lower-middle order and serve as a finisher, rather than adding another spinner to replace Aliss,” he stated.