Bangladesh will play two Tests, three one-dayers and one Twenty20 during their month-long tour of Sri Lanka, with the first Test starting at Galle on March 8. <img alt="Mominul Haque" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/feb/Mominul.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 599px;" /> Mominul Haque Shakib, the 25-year-old former national captain, will have an operation in Australia this week for a shinbone injury which he has been suffering all season. &ldquo;He is expected to be able to resume playing four to six weeks after the surgery,&rdquo; said Bangladesh Cricket Board physician Debashis Chowdhury, adding that Shakib would also need longer-term treatment for other injuries.u00a0

Bangladesh yesterday named middle-order batsman Mominul Haque to replace Shakib Al Hasan in next month's Test series against Sri Lanka after the star all-rounder was ruled out due to injury.

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