Last Update: January 21, 2023, 5:23 pm IST
Pakistan’s right-arm fast bowler Diana Baig has been ruled out of the upcoming T20I and ICC Women’s T20I against Australia. World Cup 2023 due to fracture in index finger of right hand.
Pakistan Cricket In its official statement, the Board (PCB) said Diana suffered the injury in the team’s third and final ODI against Australia at the North Sydney Oval on Saturday when she tried to take a return catch off the last ball of the hosts’ seventh over. It was Turn.
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He said Diana was taken to a local hospital where an X-ray confirmed the fracture and the PCB medical panel advised her four weeks of rest. In his absence, right-handed batsman Sadaf Shamas, who was in the reserves, will replace him in the main squad.
After losing the ODI series 3-0, Pakistan will play three T20Is against Australia on January 24, 26 and 29 in Sydney, Hobart and Canberra respectively. The team will then travel from Melbourne to South Africa to participate in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 to be held from February 10 to 26.
In the marquee event, Pakistan has been placed in Group 2 alongside England, India, Ireland and the West Indies. Pakistan will play its first match against arch-rivals India on 12 February at Newlands, Cape Town, before facing Ireland at the same venue on 15 February.
Their third match in the group will be against the West Indies on 19 February at Boland Park, Paarl, while they will play their fourth match of the group stage against England on 21 February at Newlands, Cape Town.
Pakistan squad: Bismah Maroof (c), Aiman Anwar, Alia Riaz, Ayesha Naseem, Fatima Sana, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali (wk), Nashra Sandhu, Sadaf Shamas, Nida Dar, Omima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz. (wk) and Tuba Hasan
Reserves: Ghulam Fatima and Kainaat Imtiaz.
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