Bangladesh pace sensation Mustafizur Rahman is scheduled to go under the knife today in order to fix his shoulder problem which has been a recurring issue for him for almost a year.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has left no stone unturned with regards to the surgery. The fact that BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon has travelled all the way to London in order to provide the pacer with confidence ahead of the surgery goes to show how seriously the BCB is taking this surgery.

BCB sports physician Debashish Chowdhury has also been sent to London in order to stay as close to Mustafizur as possible.

“The BCB president has gone to London to give Mustafizur confidence. He is a young lad and the more support he gets the better. After his operation, he may have to stay in the hospital overnight. The surgeon will observe him and then tell us when Mustafizur can come back home. He will also give us guidelines for the rehab procedure,” BCB director Jalal Yunus told The Daily Star yesterday.   

Andrew Wallace, a reputed surgeon who had earlier conducted operations on the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Virendar Sehwag, will carry out the surgery which is expected to last for 30 minutes. 

According to BCB officials, the surgery will take place at the BUPA Cromwell Hospital, which is a private hospital located in the South Kensington area of London.