One other blow to the nationwide crew, key participant injured

Earlier than the match in opposition to Australia within the ICC World Cup, the nationwide crew suffered one other setback.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that opener Fakhar Zaman won’t be obtainable for the October 20 match in opposition to Australia in Bengaluru.

Out-of-form Fakhar Raman is probably not included within the enjoying XI as a consequence of a knee damage however is predicted to be obtainable for choice by subsequent week.

Then again, opener Abdullah Shafiq was stopped from pointless conferences by the crew administration as a consequence of viral fever, he’s at the moment affected by signs of fever and flu, nonetheless, he takes precautionary measures to stop the attainable unfold of the illness.

Earlier, the nationwide crew had participated within the apply session yesterday to arrange for the match in opposition to Australia, however even on this event, the opener didn’t be a part of the Pakistani crew.

Quick bowlers Shaheen Afridi and Usama Mir have been additionally affected by fever signs however they’ve now recovered.

It must be remembered that yesterday the Pakistani crew had modified its plan relating to coaching, first it was determined to not prepare, then the information relating to health issues began circulating, then the board mentioned that the gamers are affected by viral fever.

It must be famous that the nationwide crew has performed 3 matches within the occasion thus far, through which 2 victories and one match needed to be defeated by the standard rival.