SAIM AYUB file photo.© AFP
Pakistan’s young opener Saim Ayub has finished rehabilitation for an ankle injury and will undergo a fitness test before he was allowed to play in the Super League of Pakistan from April 11. According to a source from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Saim returned to Lahore after completing his rehabilitation in London under the supervision of sports insults. “He must now undergo fitness tests in Lahore before being authorized to participate in the PSL,” said the source. He added that if the PCB medical panel thought it would be better to give Saim more rest before returning to cricket, this will be done independently of the PSL.
Saim, who had a great impact on the visits to Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa by scoring two hundred in the ODI series in South Africa, fractured his ankle while lining up the border The first test of the second test in January.
The PCB then sent him to London for consultations with experts who decided that he should be rehabilitated there.
The source said that the seasoned opener Fakhar Zaman had also shown good progress after his injury, which he suffered at the start of the Champions Trophy, and is preparing to play in the PSL.
Haris Rauf returns to Pakistan Odi Squad vs nz
Pakistan, the stimulator, Haris Rauf, joined the Odi team in New Zealand after being initially abandoned in the format for a series of three games against the Black Caps.
Haris and Shaheen Shah Afridi were appointed to the T20i team, but sidelined for the Odi series due to the botched release in the Champions trophy where the hosts in Pakistan ended without victory.
But Haris became Pakistan’s first nugget holder – with seven Camarapes – in the T20I series which has just been concluded that the Kiwis won 4-1 because the team management had to rethink their decision.
Haris and Shaheen were abandoned from the ODI team due to the bad form in the champions trophy in which the hosts in Pakistan ended without victory.
According to a PCB source selector, Aaqib Javed also asked that a reserve of reserve of reserve to be added to the ODI team and Muhammad Haris or Usman Khan would also be kept for the ODI series from Napier on Saturday.
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