Naseem Shah injured himself in India vs Pakistan Tremendous 4 conflict© AFP
Pakistan have referred to as up pacers Shahnawaz Dahani and Zaman Khan as backups for Haris Rauf and Naseem Shah after the duo picked up niggles within the Tremendous 4 stage match of the Asia Cup in opposition to India on Monday. Naseem and Rauf picked up niggles throughout Pakistan’s 228-run loss to India on Monday and aren’t any certainty to get well in time for the ultimate match of the Tremendous 4 stage in opposition to Sri Lanka on Thursday. That is solely a precautionary measure holding in thoughts the health and well-being of the gamers forward of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup subsequent month.
Haris and Naseem will proceed to stay underneath the statement of the staff’s medical panel. The staff administration will solely request a substitute from the ACC technical committee if Naseem or Haris are dominated out for the subsequent seven days.
“That is solely a precautionary measure holding in thoughts the health and well-being of the gamers forward of the ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup subsequent month and the 2 will proceed to stay underneath the statement of the staff’s medical panel,” the Pakistan Cricket Board stated in a press release.
“The staff administration will solely request substitute from the ACC technical committee if Haris or Naseem are dominated out for the subsequent seven days.”
The magnitude of Pakistan’s loss to India noticed Babar Azam’s facet slip to 3rd place on the present Tremendous 4 desk, which means a win is more likely to be required in that match in opposition to Sri Lanka to guide a spot on this yr’s closing.
Dahani has performed two ODIs for his nation and a complete of 11 T20I contests, whereas 22-year-old Zamar has featured simply six occasions for Pakistan within the shortest format of the sport and by no means seen any motion in a world ODI.
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