Pakistan’s Abdullah Fazal performs a shot in the course of the fifth day of their first Check towards Bangladesh on the Sher-e-Bangla Nationwide Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Might 12, 2026. — X/@TheRealPCB
Left-handed opener Abdullah Fazal will miss Pakistan’s two-match Check sequence towards the West Indies after choosing up a again harm forward of the sequence opener scheduled to start on Saturday.
Based on the main points, the 23-year-old picked up a lower-back harm in the course of the Inexperienced Shirts’ coaching session right here on the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, which is able to host the primary Check till July 29.
Fazal consequently underwent an MRI scan, following which the left-handed opener was suggested to start out his rehabilitation and was deemed unfit for the upcoming sequence towards West Indies and the following Check tour of England, comprising three matches, set to be performed from August 19 to September 3.
His substitute for each the aforementioned assignments shall be introduced sooner or later, stated the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
His unavailability serves as a significant blow to the touring facet because the left-handed opener confirmed glimpses of brilliance of their four-day warm-up match towards West Indies Choose XI on the Queen’s Park Cricket Membership in Port of Spain, registering unbeaten knocks of fifty and 48, respectively, within the two innings.
Notably, Fazal has up to now represented Pakistan in two Exams, with each appearances coming throughout their away sequence towards Bangladesh in Might, and has accrued 141 runs at a good common of 35.25 with the assistance of two half-centuries.
Up to date Pakistan squad for West Indies Exams
Babar Azam (c), Aamir Jamal, Ali Usman, Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Mohammad Awais Zafar, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Agha, Shan Masood and Ubaid Shah.
