Opener Tamim Iqbal, who returned from Australia after a successful surgery on his injured wrist, is now a very relaxed man and is hopeful of returning to his international duty soon.
Tamim, who will be out of action for at least eight weeks and will miss the impending five-match one-day series against New Zealand, paid a visit to the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Monday and spent a few hours with his practising team-mates.
‘I am feeling much better now after the operation,’ Tamim told reporters in the Bangladesh Cricket Board corridor in front of the medical room.
‘Hopefully I will return soon as I am feeling better day by day. However, right now I will have to go through a massive rehabilitation programme,’ Tamim said.
‘After four weeks I will start practising with soft ball and then move forward gradually,’ he said.
Tamim picked up the injury during a home series against India in January that often troubled him. He had consulted with physicians several times and was always advised to have a surgery.
Lastly he consulted a surgeon in London on eve of a Test series against England in July. Tamim was undecided about playing in the series and continued only after the surgeon told him to play and have the surgery at any convenient time.
He finally managed two centuries in the series and also played in the subsequent Asia Cup and the one-day series. He decided to seek further medical advice last month as there was no other slot available to him before the World Cup.
When he was again advised to have the surgery by Melbourne-based surgeon Greg Hoew Tamim decided to go for it despite knowing that it would rule him out of the New Zealand series.
‘Naturally my mental anxiety is now over,’ said Tamim. ‘It was always tough walking in the road with a brick in my shoes. So if I wanted to walk freely I had to put aside the brick.’
BCB Physician Deba-shish Chowdhury, laid emphasis on rehabilitation work and was satisfied with
the overall progress Tamim has made after the surgery on September 13. ‘I am satisfied with the progress he has made but the most important thing is that still some works need to be done and that is rehabilitation,’ Debasish said.
‘The operation was done to relieve the complication and that has been done, so far the pain is concerned I hope there won’t be any pain,’ Debashish said. ‘I am hopeful that he will return to action soon as he is recovering fast. I talked to the Australian surgeon just a day earlier,’ he said
‘They have given us a guideline for rehabilitation programme which we will follow unless we have to change.
