(UTV | PAKISTAN) – Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match Test series against Australia due to a foot injury.
Pakistan have also added ‘Naseem Shah’ and ‘Sarfaraz Ahmed’ to the traveling reserves’ list, albeit they’ll be considered for selection only in case of an injury. ‘Mohammad Haris’, ‘Kamran Ghulam’, ‘Mohammad Abbas’ and ‘Yasir Shah’ – also on the reserves list – have been advised to participate in the Pakistan Cup, commencing on March 2. The hosts have not sought a replacement for the left-arm spin-allrounder.
The Test specialists, who attended a training camp in Karachi, and those not involved in PSL 2022 playoffs will arrive in Islamabad later on Wednesday (February 23). Their first training session will be on Sunday, after the squad undergoes a three-day hotel isolation. The Test players involved in the PSL will travel to Islamabad in a bubble on Monday, (February 28) and commence training the following day.
The series gets underway with the first Test in Rawalpindi from March 4.
Updated Squad: Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (VC), Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Faheem Ashraf, Fawad Alam, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Nauman Ali, Sajid Khan, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood and Zahid Mahmood