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Injured Wahab Riaz ruled out of Champions Trophy

He suffered an injury during Pakistan's match against India

Reuters June 06, 2017

Wahab Riaz lies injured. PHOTO: REUTERS

Fast bowler Wahab Riaz will play no further part in the Champions Trophy after suffering an ankle problem during their defeat by arch-rivals India in their Group B clash on Sunday.

Riaz, who had conceded 87 runs in 8.4 overs, left the field in the 46th over of India's innings and scans confirmed the 31-year-old suffered a deltoid ligament complex injury.

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The Pakistan Cricket Board [PCB] said in a statement that it had sent an official request to the ICC technical committee to call up a replacement, which has yet to be approved.

Apart from Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali, who both played against India, Pakistan's other pace bowling options are Junaid Khan and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf.

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Pakistan who lost by 124 runs on the Duckworth/Lewis method in a rain-shortened match against India, next face South Africa in their second group game at Edgbaston on Wednesday. South Africa beat Sri Lanka in their first match.

COMMENTS (5)

Syed | 7 years ago | Reply Thanks God that Wahab -the most expensive and useless team member is out of Team Allah ka shukur hai .He should retire along with Tanveer and save us from future humiliation

salman | 7 years ago | Reply Please can some body rule him out from Pakistan cricket for ever ?

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Parvez | 7 years ago | Reply Lucky break for Pakistan.......

Pm99 | 7 years ago | Reply What a strange way to kick out someone. What a performance he gave for last few years and even in this match he was about to score a century. Both Wahab and Rohit missed it. With very strong and powerful backing he willl be in the team soon as this is how selection in Pakistan cricket works. Few good overs to Watson in world cup and booked his place in the tran for years replacing some deserving players. He will be back soon with no perfirmance to back his selection.

Yasir | 7 years ago | Reply Everyone knows that bowling with Imad upfront was a horrible tactical decision after Amir started off well in the first over. That being said, Pakistan should now seriously consider including Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman and Haris Sohail instead of Imad Wasim, Mohammad Hafeez and Ahmed Shehzad. I have no idea what was Mohammad Hafeez's role in the team when he didn't even bowl and batted horrifically. As a cricket fan, I really hope Pakistan can put up a decent performance against South Africa and get back into a positive mindset.

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