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Dhaka: Stand-in Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan will travel to Australia next week for medical treatment on his groin, an official said on Thursday.
Shakib, ranked as the world's top all-rounder in One-day cricket, has been playing through pain, Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Rabeed Imam said.
"He has been in acute groin pain during the past one month and had to play with painkillers. He will fly to Australia next week where doctors will see his injury and decide whether to operate on him," he said.
The left-arm spinner, labelled the best Bangladeshi player since the country won Test status in 2000, is the world's fourth-ranked Test all-rounder.
In July he stood in for injured Bangladeshi captain Mashrafe Mortaza and led the side to a Test and One-Day International clean-sweep against the West Indies.
The 22-year-old also led the country to a 4-1 One-day series triumph away against Zimbabwe this month.
Shakib joins a long list of Bangladeshi players who have been sidelined by injuries since July.
Captain Mashrafe underwent surgery on both knees early this month in Australia.
Left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak and young pacemen Rubel Hossain and Nazmul Hossain were injured during the team's tours of the West Indies and Zimbabwe.
