Babar Azam dominated out of first Take a look at towards Bangladesh

Based on the cricket board, the 31-year-old suffered an harm to his left knee and thus won’t be accessible for the sequence opener, scheduled to be performed on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka, from Could 8 to 12.

The PCB additional shared that the crew’s medical panel was at present assessing the batter’s situation, with additional updates relating to his health can be shared in the end.

“Pakistan batter Babar Azam won’t be accessible for the primary Take a look at match towards Bangladesh resulting from an harm in his left knee,” the PCB mentioned in a press release.

“The crew’s medical panel is at present assessing his situation. Additional updates can be shared in the end,” it added.

Babar’s unavailability for the upcoming fixture serves as a significant blow for the touring aspect, because the right-handed batter has been in splendid kind, which noticed him end because the main run-scorer of the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) 11, accumulating 588 runs in 11 innings at a exceptional common of 73.02 and a strike-rate of 145.90 with the assistance of two centuries and three fifties.

Following his blistering century within the Qualifier towards three-time champions Islamabad United, which led eventual champions Peshawar Zalmi into the ultimate, the star batter shared that he has began to really feel like he’s getting again to his finest.

Pakistan squad

Shan Masood (c), Abdullah Fazal, Amad Butt, Azan Awais, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Noman Ali, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Saud Shakeel and Shaheen Shah Afridi.