Nurul Hasan uncertain about future due to finger injury

Bangladesh's star wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan is coy about his future as he has been unable to recover from his finger injury despite undergoing surgery last year. He had to rely on painkillers for the recently concluded second Test against India due to severe pain in his once-fractured index finger.

Nurul Hasan fractured his index finger in the second T20I against Zimbabwe last year, ruling him out of the Asia Cup. The Bangladeshi cricketer paid a visit to Dr. Anthony Foo at the Raffles Hospital in Singapore and underwent a closed reduction and pinning procedure to treat his injured finger.

Hasan participated in the tri-series in New Zealand following his surgery and even featured for the Men in Green in the T20 World Cup in Australia. However, the 29-year-old was in severe pain during his side's Test series defeat against India and played the second Test with suppository due to his difficulties. He was administered a pain-relieving injection post the second match to numb the stifling pain.

"As far as the state of injured finger is concerned, I have taken an injection after the last match (second Test against India) and that injection was a pain reliever. After that injection it (injured finger) is still numb and if stays this way it is ok but after the reaction of the injection gets over the pain might increase. 

"I played the Test series with suppository because there was huge pain and I was unable to do anything. Whenever the ball hit my left hand it was giving some kind of a shock so I was taking even the left side ball with my right hand. Let's see I have had the injection and it is expected to have a reaction for couple of months and it( my finger) might get better," Nurul said to Cricbuzz on Sunday.

I am not sure whether doing the surgery was wrong or bad: Nurul Hasan

The Bangladeshi cricketer is concerned about his future and even questioned his own decision to go for the surgery last year. He remains uncertain about the healing process of his injured finger with a historic bilateral series against England on the horizon for the Tigers.

"At the moment there is nothing I can do and there is no option for me. I am not sure whether doing the surgery was wrong or bad. Now I might be feeling that if I hadn't done the surgery it would have been good. On the other hand it could have got worse if I did not do the surgery," he added.