|| CF Correspondent || 

Bangladesh left-arm spinner Taijul Islam admitted on Tuesday that spin department is struggling due to the absence of Shakib al Hasan.

Bangladesh Test squad is certainly under pressure against the Zimbabweans considering their longer-version form in the recent past as they have earned five innings defeat in their last six Test matches.

Their performance in the absence of is certainly something to think about as in all the three Test matches they were humbled by their opposition with an innings defeat.

‘’ Probably we are not good spinners. We are not like Shakib bhai it’s the truth and that my answer,’’ Taijul told reporters at Mirpur on Tuesday admitting that they are feeling the pinch of losing Shakib, who is banned for failing to report corrupt approaches.

‘’If Shakib bhai played our result would have been better. We need players like Shakib bhai but we do not have that quality player now,’’ he said.