Injured Sohaib Maqsood out of Bangladesh tour
Wednesday, April 08, 2015
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LAHORE: Middle-order batsman Sohaib Maqsood was on Tuesday ruled out of Pakistan’s tour of Bangladesh with an arm injury, with uncapped leg-spinning all-rounder Saad Nasim named as his replacement in the one-day squad.
The 27-year-old Maqsood had a mediocre World Cup with 153 runs in six innings and was criticised for his lack of fitness during the showpiece event, won by Australia.
He was considered lucky to be named in the one-day and Twenty20 squad for the tour of Bangladesh announced last week. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Maqsood fractured his left arm.
Maqsood had already joined Pakistan’s training camp in Lahore, which started today, and complained of acute pain
during a gym and fitness session in the morning. Scans showed a small fracture of the hamate bone in the wrist. He had suffered a similar injury while playing for Pakistan A in the UAE last year and the injury had forced him out of contention for the ODI and T20 series against New Zealand.
After consulting with fellow selectors and PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, Pakistan chief selector Haroon Rashid named Nasim as Maqsood’s replacement for the ODI squad. Nasim has played three T20 Internationals but is yet to make his ODI debut.
His replacement Nasim was already named in the Twenty20 squad so there will be no replacement for Maqsood in that squad.
Pakistan will play three One-day Internationals, one Twenty20 and two Tests in Bangladesh with the first ODI in Dhaka on April 17.
Pakistan finished as losing quarter-finalists in the World Cup during a campaign marred by fitness and discipline problems.
Eight players including Maqsood were fined for breaching curfew hours while pacemen Junaid Khan and spinning all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez were ruled out due to fitness problems before the Cup started.
Pakistan also lost paceman Mohammad Irfan due to a hip injury before their last group game against Ireland.
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