Pakistan’s emerging wicketkeeper-batter Azam Khan has been ruled out of the continued five-match T20I series against New Zealand with a grade one tear in his proper calf muscle.
Azam, 25, has been suggested 10 days of relaxation and has been requested to report back to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore to bear rehabilitation underneath the supervision of the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) medical panel.
The damage to Azam is a serious blow to Pakistan’s preparations for the forthcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June. The choice panel and the crew administration wished to check the teenager within the series against the Blackcaps as he is a component of their plan for the T20 carnival within the USA and the Caribbean.
A media launch issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board on the damage to Azam talked about that the preliminary indicators of discomfort to the batter got here to the fore whereas he was batting in a internet session on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium forward of the primary T20I.
Notably, Azam was an element of the 29-player group that underwent a health camp in Kakul, Abbottabad. The 14-day camp was organised in collaboration with the Pakistan Army and geared toward making ready the gamers for the forthcoming bilateral series and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Widely considered an influence hitter, Azam had an underwhelming PSL (Pakistan Super League) season 9. The wicketkeeper-batter might simply handle to attain 226 runs in 10 innings at a mean of 25.11. However, his strike price of 171.21 was the best among the many prime 20 run-getters of the season.
Pakistan’s squad for T20I series vs New Zealand:
Babar Azam (c), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Usman Khan, Irfan Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed, Fakhar Zaman, Imad Wasim, Usama Mir, Zaman Khan, Abbas Afridi
Support Staff:
Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Yousuf, Mansoor Rana, Wahab Riaz
