Azam Khan out of NZ T20I series subsequent to tearing lower leg muscle

Pakistan wicketkeeper-batter Azam Khan has been ruled out of the ongoing five-match T20I series against New Zealand after picking up a grade one tear in his right calf muscle. After radiology reports confirmed the injury, Azam was advised rest for ten days. An assertion from the PCB said that Azam will presently pass on the Pakistan crew and report to the Public Cricket Foundation in Lahore, where he will "start his restoration cycle under the management of the PCB clinical board". The assertion added that the issue was first seen when Azam was preparing in front of the main T20I on Thursday, which was cleaned out after only two balls. Azam has up until this point played eight T20Is, the remainder of which additionally came against New Zealand this January. Yet, notwithstanding a major standing as a hitter, Azam has counted only 29 stumbles into seven innings with a most elevated score of 10. In the most recent PSL, for instance, despite the fact that Azam got only 226 runs in ten innings for Islamabad Joined together, they came at a high strike pace of 171. Joined won the competition. That standing, in addition to a decent appearance at the last release of the CPL - where he scored 224 runs in 12 innings at a strike pace of 155.55 for champions Guyana Amazon Fighters - have placed him in conflict for a spot in Pakistan's crew for the T20 World Cup, which will be played in June in the Caribbean and the USA. Pakistan have as of late brought back Mohammad Amir and Imad Wasim, two players with CPL family who were good and gone yet have returned in with the general mish-mash. After the series against New Zealand finishes up on April 27, Pakistan are planned to play another seven matches leading the pack up to the World Cup, three in Ireland and four in Britain.