The pakistan cricket Board on saturday announced that shaheen Afridi will not be able to play in the Asia Cup due to injury, which is a major setback for Pakistan. Now the cricket board will have to announce his replacement as soon as possible. Apart from the Asia Cup, shaheen Afridi has also been ruled out of the home series against England. In his place, Hasan ali is being considered a big contender to take a place in the team. shaheen has been advised by the PCB Medical Advisory Committee to take a break of 4-6 weeks.
Left-arm pacers mohammad amir and Wahab Riaz were considered as contenders after their absence from the Asia Cup. However, Amir has not played cricket for pakistan for more than a year and retired from international cricket in december 2020. Amir had made himself available for selection in june last year but the selectors did not consider him.
On the other hand, Wahab Riaz last played for the national team in december 2020 in a T20I against New Zealand. Amid speculations that the star bowlers will return to the team, former pakistan captain salman Butt shared a story from his U19 days, revealing that Wasim Akram too had to prove himself to make a comeback after his stupendous achievements."I got a call from Asad Mustafa, who was the PCB chief. He asked me to come to Karachi with the coach at night, where I was to play a three-day match. “So we finished our food, packed the kit bags and reached the airport. When we reached the ground, we found out that they just wanted to see that match.
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