Lahore, May 27 -- With senior seamers Mustafizur Rahman and Taskin Ahmed sidelined due to injuries, Bangladesh head coach Phil Simmons is banking on the rest of the pace attack to step up for the upcoming T20I series against Pakistan, starting Wednesday in Lahore, as per ESPNcricinfo.

Taskin remains out with a lingering ankle injury that has kept him away from competitive cricket for two months, while Mustafizur sustained a thumb injury during his final Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 appearance for Delhi Capitals (DC) last week.

"You miss your senior seamers," Simmons said, as quoted from ESPNcricinfo.

"As we saw, how Fizz (Mustafizur) was bowling in the IPL then. We will miss him. It is also a chance for somebody to take his place i...