Pakistan All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been ruled out of next month’s three-Test home series Australia Due to leg injury and will not take place in the team of the cricket board of the country (PCB) said on Wednesday.
Australia will play Pakistan for the first time in nearly 25 years, with the inaugural Test taking place in Rawalpindi from March 4.
The second Test will be played in Karachi from March 12 and the last in Lahore from March 21.
Both sides are also scheduled to play three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 match.
PCB said that the bowler Naseem Shahi and wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed Traveling has been included in the Test squad as a reserve and will only be considered for selection in case of injury.
Australia is the top-ranked Test team, while Pakistan is ranked sixth in the world.
Australia will play Pakistan for the first time in nearly 25 years, with the inaugural Test taking place in Rawalpindi from March 4.
The second Test will be played in Karachi from March 12 and the last in Lahore from March 21.
Both sides are also scheduled to play three One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 match.
PCB said that the bowler Naseem Shahi and wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfaraz Ahmed Traveling has been included in the Test squad as a reserve and will only be considered for selection in case of injury.
Australia is the top-ranked Test team, while Pakistan is ranked sixth in the world.
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