India’s physio treats concussed B’desh player

Kolkata: Bangladesh batsman Nayeem Hasan was attended to by Indian team physio Nitin Patel after being hit by Mohammed Shami snorter here on Friday.
Earlier, Liton Das was also hit by another Shami delivery following which he retired hurt from the ongoing Day/Night Test against India here.
Das and Nayeem were replaced by concussion substitutes Mehidy Hasan and Taijul Islam at the Eden Gardens. Bangladesh, thus, became the first team to make two concussion substitutes in a Test match.
Mehidy came in as concussion substitute after Das was hit on the opening day of their maiden Day/Night Test.
However, Mehidy, an off-spinner, will not be allowed to bowl as per the concussion substitute rule.
Mehidy, though, did not last long as he was dismissed by pacer Ishant Sharma for just eight runs.
Das was retired hurt after being hit on his head at the stroke of lunch at the Eden Gardens here on Friday.
Trying to play a pull short off a Shami bouncer, the heavily-lacquered pink ball blazed in and hit his helmet in the forehead region in the third ball of the 20th over. He was batting on 16 then.
The physio rushed in, conducted a test and he continued batting, responding with a boundary in the next delivery. Das hit another boundary in the next over off Ishant and added nine runs before complaining of discomfort. He was next seen walking off the field after a long conversation with the umpire, forcing the end of the first session with the score reading 73 for six.
Das’ like-for-like substitute Saif Hassan is down with a (split webbing) injury, forcing the visitors to opt for Mehidy as concussion substitute.
According to the protocol, a proper medical report has to be submitted to the match referee for a concussion substitute. (PTI)