ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Fast bowler Hasan Ali and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf have been dominated out of Pakistan’s opening test in opposition to Australia after sustaining accidents in the course of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Hasan suffered an abductor pressure, whereas his Islamabad United workforce mate has a hamstring pressure.
Iftikhar Ahmed and Mohammad Wasim Jr had been known as in to exchange the injured duo, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) mentioned in a press release on Sunday.
“Faheem and Hasan will rejoin the squad within the coming week … each are anticipated to regain full health earlier than the second test that will likely be performed in Karachi,” it added.
The first of the three exams begins in Rawalpindi on Friday adopted by matches in Karachi and Lahore.
Australia’s first tour of Pakistan in 24 years can even embody three one-dayers and a Twenty20 International — all of them in Rawalpindi.
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
