Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has contracted pneumonia and will stay in hospital overnight the PCB confirmed, here on Wednesday. The PCB introduced that their inner medical panel is monitoring him. However, any name on his participation for the remainder of the continued series against England will probably be made after assessing his medical stories.
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Nonetheless, the event dominated him out of the Lahore leg of the sequence in opposition to England. Meanwhile, it also leaves him a major doubt for the upcoming tour of New Zealand, which is scheduled to start in Christchurch on October 7 as a warm-up for the T20 World Cup.
The Pakistan staff will go away to New Zealand on October 3 to play a T20I tri-series. The tri-series additionally contains Bangladesh, with the ultimate on October 14. He is then supposed to fly to Australia for the World Cup, the place after a pair of warm-ups – together with in opposition to England. Pakistan’s first group match is against India on October 23 in Melbourne.
Naseem Shah featured in the first match of the current series against England. Moreover, he has also played a full part in the recently concluded Asia Cup.
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In the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi, who is also currently ruled out with injury, he had taken over the left arm’s responsibility up top as Pakistan’s premier new-ball bowler.
Afridi’s present process remedy for knee damage in London. However, he is anticipated to be accessible for Pakistan for the tri-series in New Zealand and the World Cup.
