Naseem Shah Suffering Injury: The Pakistan cricket team has already announced its squad for the upcoming Asia Cup and the 3-match ODI series against Afghanistan in Sri Lanka. Now a big problem for the Pakistan team has come in the form of an injury to fast bowler Naseem Shah. Naseem Shah, part of the Colombo Strikers team, was not included in the team’s last league match this season of the Lanka Premier League (LPL). This match was do or die for the Colombo team, yet they had to take a decision to keep Naseem out of the playing XI.
In this match against Galle Titans, the team of Colombo Strikers had to face defeat by 8 wickets and their journey also ended with this in the season. Now the concern of Pakistan team and captain Babar Azam has definitely increased due to Naseem Shah not playing. After this the news came out that Naseem Shah could not play in this match due to shoulder injury.
The information about Naseem Shah’s injury came to light in Cricket Pakistan that it was decided not to play him in this match due to a shoulder injury. Although Naseem’s injury is not serious, but as a precaution, care was taken to avoid increasing the pain. At the same time, it is expected that Naseem will be fully fit before the ODI series against Afghanistan starting on 22 August.
Naseem’s exit will be a big blow for Pakistan.
If Naseem Shah is out of the Asia Cup, then it can be considered a big blow for the Pakistani team. For some time, Naseem was playing the role of the main fast bowler for the Pakistan team in ODIs. At the same time, in this season of LPL, he took 10 wickets in 7 matches. Apart from this, Naseem has taken 23 wickets in 8 ODIs so far.
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