Junaid to replace injured Sohail for Bangladesh ODIs

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Junaid to replace injured Sohail for Bangladesh ODIs

Dawn Sport Published April 12, 2015

Pakistan's heavily-built fast bowler Sohail Khan will miss the upcoming tour of Bangladesh after sustaining a back injury during a conditioning camp at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, chief selector Haroon Rasheed confirmed.

The 31-year-old Sohail, who was a vital part of Pakistan's pace attack at the World Cup picking up 12 wickets, will be replaced by left-arm paceman Junaid Khan who missed the tournament with a knee injury.

Sohail has been advised two weeks rest by the medical team and it is unclear whether he will make the Bangladesh trip at all.

"After the uncertain fitness of Sohail, we have decided to add Junaid Khan to continue in the ODIs as well," Rasheed told ESPNcricinfo.

"We cant say how serious Sohail's injury is at the moment but he is presently advised two weeks rest."

Pakistan open the Bangladesh tour with the first of three one-day internationals in Dhaka next Friday. They also play a Twenty20 international and two tests.

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taimoor ahmad

Apr 12, 2015 01:40pm

At least some good news!!!!!

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Honey Badger

Apr 12, 2015 01:48pm

Where was Junaid in WC suddenly after a week after WC he is fighting fit ? Same goes for Saeed Ajmal ? where were they WC ??

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Pakistani Patriot

Apr 12, 2015 01:58pm

We are not interested in hearing about injuries and the tournament has not even started. We want to hear about accomplishments and heroics.

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A Pakistani

Apr 12, 2015 02:31pm

Junaid is better than Sohail anyway.

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Wali

Apr 12, 2015 02:33pm

Blessing in disguise ?

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Saqib

Apr 12, 2015 02:51pm

Why was Junaid not in the ODI team in the first place? I'd have loved to see Saddaf Hussain guy who is talked very big by a lot of people following pakistan domestic circles.

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MQD

Apr 12, 2015 02:52pm

IPL must allow pak players not sure why they are not included

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sayeed

Apr 12, 2015 03:23pm

Nowadays it has become a sort of norm for pakistani bowlers to get injured exactly before upcoming series. Quite strange.

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Sumair

Apr 12, 2015 03:33pm

Thank you God. Awful bowler, built like a tank but delivers like a water pistol

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natey

Apr 12, 2015 03:44pm

u cant play if not fit otherwise it will make ur injury worst..its not same for an athlete..dont compare them to your daily job

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Aamir

Apr 12, 2015 03:44pm

Junaid should have been in the squad in the first place. A blessing in disguise and covers the blunder made by the selection committee.

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Haji Adam

Apr 12, 2015 04:05pm

Injured doing what? The tournament has not started yet!

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Aqil Siddiqi

Apr 12, 2015 04:07pm

My question. ......why not Mohammed Amir ? He will be our future, so do not ignore him for too long.

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ABL

Apr 12, 2015 04:37pm

We have highly paid physiotherapists and trainers in our team management. Right? Would someone please evaluate their role and contributions? Even the issue of Irfan getting injured right when he was needed during the world cup should be questioned by professionals in this field. The explanation of him being too tall and huge built is not excusable reason. There are lots of international sports with 7 footers and hugely built sportsmen, and they have professional physios, trainers, nutritionists and they are not so frequently injured and out of action. Something to think about!! I always thought Sohail as least prone to injury. Because he seems most athletic and his bowling action is pretty simple. Need some better and reasonable answers from our managers.

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Apr 12, 2015 04:40pm

Here we go again. The series hasn't even started but the injury list has started without a single ball being bowled.

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Naveed,USA

Apr 12, 2015 05:32pm

@Honey Badger Wake up! Junaid was unfit and immediately after recovering you can not get rythem.To compete at international level is not a child's play. Nobody knows effectiveness of Saeed Ajmal as he has remodeled his action ,even he himself doesn't know. People who have cricketing sense they all know this.

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Muhammad Usman

Apr 12, 2015 06:45pm

@sayeed because believe it or not, Pakistan still makes best fast bowlers among all teams. Also, in a competitive environment pushing limits is quite normal.

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Nadeem

Apr 12, 2015 08:48pm

Junaid was deserving and should have been there in the first place!!!

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ammar

Apr 12, 2015 09:01pm

@Honey Badger Good point. WC is over and all of sudden Junaid is available. Saeed I understand was held back. For all the critics of Sohail he served his country and delivered for Pakistan at the WC. He did plenty well given his international experience. Imagine the alternative for WC i.e. if we had gone there without him.

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Hashim

Apr 12, 2015 09:47pm

first junaid was injuired and know sohail is.I dont know what is happining

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Inam

Apr 12, 2015 10:04pm

Happy with Junaid But when will they add Sadaf Hussain in the squad

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Mustafa

Apr 12, 2015 10:12pm

@Honey Badger Junaid failed the fitness test and could not be sent to WC. Saeed was banned by ICC for his bad bowling action. Have a cup of coffee, subah ho gaee mamoon

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Sarah

Apr 12, 2015 10:39pm

Junaid will not survive again in ODI in next world cup ,so we need to look beyond unfit players.

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Parry

Apr 13, 2015 12:35am

@Dawn what is wrong with you as a news media? Why are there no news on the hockey front - the Azlan Shah Tournament is going on? Why no coverage on other cricket news like Brendon McCullum's 100 in T20 cricket or Gayle's 96 of 56 balls in another T20 cricket match... plenty of other world news has no coverage in Dawn and you keep covering meaningless items.... how are Pakistanis going to know what is happening around the world!!

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Zeeshan

Apr 13, 2015 01:01am

Finally we got junaid back inteam

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optimist

Apr 13, 2015 01:37am

Where is Mohammad Sami the best and the fastest bowler in Pakistan. He is paying the price for being a Karachiates.

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Nasir

Apr 13, 2015 02:59am

This is what I say...Pakistan Cricket needs to focus on fitness of players. Pakistani players needs to know that they need to be fit all the time. Having heavy body is and pacing is not a good way to handle fast bowling. Body Mass should be proportionate to height.

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cric guy

Apr 13, 2015 05:35am

Sohail was useless medium pacer... finally JK is back in odi's

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Farhan

Apr 13, 2015 11:42am

I don't understand why people are happy hearing the news that Sohail Khan is injured. I think he was very impressive in the world cup. In fact, our whole bowling lineup was very impressive. It was our batting and fielding that let us down.

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fair

Apr 13, 2015 04:55pm

@Aqil Siddiqi Amir's ban will end in September this year. He has been given a favor by being allowed to play in domestic circuit.

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