Mohammad Khalil to replace Junaid Khan for Bangladesh tour - Cricket News Update
Pakistan has drafted in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and MRI scans revealed that he needs at least six weeks to recuperate from the injury.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the news regarding Junaid’s replacement. A statement from PCB read, “Khalil will replace Khan in the squad for Bangladesh tour.”
Khalil, the 29-year-old bowler, has played two Tests and three ODI’s for the Men in Green. The left-arm pacer is yet to take a Test scalp; however, he has notched five ODI wickets.
Khalil last represented Pakistan in March 2005 in a Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750. The 29-year-old has been included in the outfits on account of a strong domestic performance.
Pakistan's tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 starts on Tuesday, November 29, with a one-off Twenty20 match that will be played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur. The solitary T20 match will be followed by three ODI’s and two Test matches.
The Men in Green will go into the series as clear favourites. Pakistan are yet to lose an ODI and Test series under the leadership of Misbah-ul-Haq and considering their opponents' recent form, it seems as if Pakistan will pull
off a victory with relative ease.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, was confident that the 16-man squad will emerge victorious and said, “We have continued with the same team that won the one day series to give more opportunity to the players to come
up with improved performance in the continuation of series against Lanka.”
Abdul http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Razzaq-c84421 is also a doubter for Bangladesh excursion because of his shoulder injury. PCB has not named any stand-in player for Razzaq.
Pakistan’s ODI and T20 squad includes: Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, Aizaz
Cheema, Mohammad Khalil, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 and Asad Shafiq.
Test squad includes: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Talha-c77400,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961 and Mohammad Khalil.
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