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\nFormer skipper Mashrafee bin Murtaza will fly for Sri Lanka today to meet David Young to have his injured knee checked by the Australian orthopaedic surgeon amid continuing protests for his inclusion in the World Cup squad.
\nHe will meet Young, who is a regular visitor to Sri Lanka since the tsunami ravaged the\u00a0country in December 2004, on Sunday.
\nThe Melbourne-based orthopedic surgeon, who performed several operations on Mashrafee\u2019s both knees, is currently in Sri Lanka to carry out a few operations on the injured under-privileged children at the Karapitiya Hospital in Galle.
\nMashrafee spoke to Young on Wednesday, hours after he was discarded from the World Cup squad, and sought his advice. Young asked him to come to Sri Lanka and the paceman made no delay in making up his mind.
\nThe Bangladesh Cricket Board readily approved his visit and bought two air tickets for him to facilitate the visit. National team physiotherapist Michael Henry will likely accompany him.\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u2018I will examine the former Bangladesh captain in Colombo on Sunday before issuing him a fitness certificate,\u2019 Young was quoted by Daily Mail of Pakistan as saying.
\n\u2018Murtaza telephoned me on Wednesday afternoon when he learned about his omission from the World Cup squad. He was very upset and so I suggested him to come to Colombo for further line of action\u2019, Young added.
\nMeanwhile, the local people of Narail formed a human chain demanding Mashrafee\u2019s inclusion in the World Cup squad, a day after a general strike had been observed in the district town to press home the same demand, reports Bdnews.com.
\nAbout one thousand people participated in the human chain at around 11:30am on Friday on the Adalat Road in Narail town.
\nFollowing the hour-long human chain, a number of local elite, including sadar upazila chairman Sharif Humayun Kabir, addressed the rally.
\nAt the rally, a symbolic hunger strike was declared for Saturday in the town.
\nMashrafee\u2019s fans also formed a human chain in front of the National Press Club on Friday.
\nOur Barsal correspondent adds: Local cricket fans formed a human chain in Barisal on Friday demanding Mashrafee\u2019s inclusion in the World Cup side.
\nAround two hundred people participated in the human chain, organised by the Battala Tarun Sangha, in front of the Shaheed Alamgir Hostel of Govt Hatem Ali College in the Nabagram Road area of the city.
\nFollowing the hour-long human chain, a number of local elite, including Habibur Rahman Tushar, Mir Hasan Morshed Sumon, Ashrafuzzaman Rakib, Liton Khan, Imran Hasan, Mansurul Islam, Rabiul Islam Sohag and Ziaul Huq Prince, addressed the rally.<\/p>\n

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