Bangladesh have called up top-order batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes - both of whom played their last ODI for Bangladesh in October, 2017 - as cover of openers Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto for the reminder of the Asia Cup.
Bangladesh axed six players from national contracts after a year of poor performances with players who escaped the chop being denied a pay rise.
Kayes had injured his thigh during the one-off Test against India last year.
Kayes, who played most of his matches as opener, has recently been given the important No. 3 position to bat.
Barring a few minor hiccups towards the end, Bangladesh did well to post a challenging total. Tamim (102) and Kayes (61) were the chief contributors for them while Mushfiqur also chipped in with crucial 46. For Pakistan, Junaid, Shadab and Hasan were amongst the wickets.
As per the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media manager Rabeed Imam, it is a recurrence of the same injury that ruled Kayes out of the second Test at Christchurch.
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Imrul Kayes is working hard to get fit in time for Bangladesh's one-off Test against India in February in Hyderabad.
Rahim's thumb injury is likely to keep him out of action for at least three weeks while Kayes has a grade-two thigh strain.
Despite a disappointing result in the first Test of the ongoing series against New Zealand, Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha is hopeful of his team making a comeback.