Mohammad Hasnain will replace Shaheen Shah Afridi in the Pakistan squad of the Asia Cup 2022. Shaheen, Pakistan’s left arm pacer, was ruled out of the Asia Cup because of a knee injury. He has been advised to rest for 4-6 weeks.
Hasnain has represented Pakistan in 18 T20Is in which he has taken 17 wickets. He is among those few bowlers who hit 145kph mark consistently.
Hasnain was banned from bowling after biomechanical testing at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) on January 21 from all format of cricket.
After working on his action for almost four months, his bowling action was declared legal on June 9 by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Asia Cup is all set to begin on August 27. Pakistan will play the opening match against India on August 28 in Dubai.
Pakistan squad for Asia Cup 2022 – Babar Azam (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Naseem Shah, Shahnawaz Dahani and Usman Qadir
