However, while he has managed to win one battle, another remains. The pacer now has to ensure that he recovers from his side-strain in time for the India series which begins on June 10.
The Bangladesh national cricket team attended their first camp for the India series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday with the members of the preliminary squad going through various fitness tests.
While Rubel couldn't attend the session since he had to be present at court, the team management will hope that the bowler can ace the second series of fitness tests due to take place today. Bangladesh's pace attack seems to be hanging by a thread, as both their key bowlers are struggling with injuries.
Apart from Rubel, Shafiul Islam is the other bowler the team management will be looking to. Shafiul though is still recovering from a finger injury. That leaves the team with Mohammad Shahid and Abul Hasan.
While Shahid did perform well in the last series, he took a major share of the burden due to injuries to Rubel and Shahadat Hossain and that's something the team management will hope does not happen again.
Apart from Rubel, Sabbir Rahman was the other member of the preliminary squad who wasn't present yesterday. He is currently in India for his father's treatment.
"It's been almost a year since I have been here and I am happy to see the change in attitude and their training habits in the last twelve months. But this year is going to be another busy year. So we have to keep working hard like we did before the World Cup," said the Sri Lankan.
"Taking into consideration that we played a lot of cricket recently, I am satisfied with the players. But there's still a lot of work to do," added Villavarayan.
Almost all the players expected to take part in the lone Test match against India from June 10 will be playing in the last round of the Bangladesh Cricket League which begins on May 24. It will be a round which could well provide a clear understanding of the players' injuries.
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