Saud Shakeel fit to travel with Test squad for Zimbabwe tour

Pakistan uncapped batsman Saud Shakeel has recovered in time and is completely fit to travel with other members of the national Test squad for the two match series against Zimbabwe starting April 29, Jang reported today.

According to the Urdu daily, the 25-year-old will depart for Harare alongside the red-ball squad on April 21.

Saud, who was also part of Pakistan’s one-day international (ODI) squad for the three-match series against South Africa, was ruled out due to injury. The youngster had suffered a Grade-1 quadriceps tear in his left leg during a 50-over-a-side practice match at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore ahead of team’s departure.

Pakistan Cricket Board had then replaced Saud with Asif Ali in the 50-over squad as the batsman fulfilled Covid-19 requirements and was already travelling with the team as a twenty20 player.

Meanwhile, Saud was asked to stay at National High Performance Centre and work on his recovery. His departure with the Test squad was conditional on him regaining his fitness.

Pakistan will play Zimbabwe for three T20Is and two Tests from April 21 to May 11 in Harare.

Pakistan squads:

Test: Babar Azam, Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Tabish Khan, Hasan Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Nauman Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Sajid Khan

T20I: Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohamamad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Arshad Iqbal, Usman Qadir

Read: Pakistan announces schedule for Zimbabwe tour

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