In the third ODI, Shakib suffered a groin injury. However, he recovered from the injury and thus he was selected in the squad of the Test series. But in the first test, he suffered an injury in another region of the same thigh that forced him to leave the field late in the second day. Even though it seemed that Shakib's old groin injury had resurfaced but match officials informed that it was rather a new injury. He scored 68 runs and bowled 6 overs giving 16 runs in the first innings as he was unable to bat and bowling the 2nd innings of the 1st Test. He was ruled out of the 2nd test.