Mohammad Hasnain included in Pakistan squad in place of Shaheen Afridi

PCB announces Shaheen Afridi’s replacement in Asia Cup 2022
Mohammad Hasnain. Courtesy PCB


LAHORE: Muhammad Hasnain will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi within the Pakistan squad for the T20 Asia Cup, which can be contend within the UAE from twenty seven August to eleven Sep, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) proclaimed nowadays.

Afridi was ruled out of the tournament and therefore the England series because of a knee injury dealing a significant blow to Pakistan’s possibilities of winning the Asia Cup 2022.

Hasnain, who has represented Pakistan in eighteen T20Is within which he has taken seventeen wickets, can be part of the Pakistani team from the uk, wherever he's representing Oval Invincibles within the Hundred competition.

Meanwhile, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed and Usman Qadir can leave for Dubai within the wee hours of Tuesday. they're going to replace Abdullah Shafique, Imam-ul-Haq, Muhammad Haris, Salman Ali Agha and Zahid Mehmood, who were a part of the 16-member ODI squad against Netherlands.

Pakistan will combat Bharat in their opener in Dubai on Sunday, 28 August, whereas their second group A fixture are going to be against a qualifier (UAE, Kuwait, Singapore or Hong Kong) in Sharjah on Friday, two Sep. The Super Four matches are going to be contend from 3-9 Sep.

Squad

Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Muhammad Hasnain, Muhammad Nawaz, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Wasim Jr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir.