The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will send pacer Shahadat Hossain abroad very soon for surgery on his injured knee.

"He [Shahadat] has suffered damage to ligament and meniscus and surgery is a must for him and the bowler himself has already learnt about the real picture of the injury. We are doing the primary work for the surgery to be done either in India or Australia, but it is the board which will take the final decision," said BCB's physician Debashis Chowdhury yesterday.

Shahadat twisted his right knee during the lunch break on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan at Mirpur after hurting the same knee while bowling the first delivery of the match.