Naseem Shah Shoulder Injuries out of Karachi Test Match: The ongoing test series between the Pakistan cricket team and the English cricket team hasn’t been going on so well for Pakistan because they have faced back-to-back losses in two test matches played. The English cricket team has toured Pakistan for a couple of test matches along with some one-day international matches.
Out of the three test matches, Pakistan and England have played a total of two test matches and England won all of them. The first test match was held in Rawalpindi where both teams had to face an extremely hard pitch. The second test match was played in Multan which was also won by England.
Now both the teams will go against each other in the former capital of the country, Karachi.
However, things are not going well for Pakistan as their team doesn’t have the key players to defeat such a strong team. In addition to the above, the English cricket team is known as the expert in test cricket so it takes a lot to defeat such a strong team.
In addition to this, Pakistan is facing a lot of problems, and inefficient team management is just one of them. Despite the performance of Pakistan in the t20 matches, they don’t seem to be performing well in longer matches such as the one-day international and the longer test matches.
However, we are specifically talking about the pacers. Pakistan is praised for its bowling attack, but they don’t seem to get over injuries. Yet, the same is the case with the Indian cricket team.
Naseem Shah Not to Play the Karachi Test Match After Shoulder Injuries
In the Indian cricket team, the pacer Muhammad Shami has been injured and has caused a serious problem for the Indian cricket team and the captain is in trouble as he hasn’t found any alternative for a good pacer such as Muhammad Shami. The same is the case with the Pakistani cricket team. There are a total of three pacers in the Pakistan cricket team.
The first one is Shaheen Shah Afridi, the second one is Haris Rauf and the third and new one is Naseem Shah. Out of the three bowlers, Haris Rauf is the one with the most pace as he clocked 159 kilometers per hour in the t20 world cup matches. Shaheen Shah Afridi is the one who can massively swing the new ball and take quick wickets in the first two to three overs. The same is the case with Naseem shah.
However, the time isn’t running great for the Pakistani cricket team because all three pacers are now injured. Shaheen shah Afridi was the bowler who got injured during the final match with England in the world t20 match.
In addition to the above, most experts of the game say that due to last minute injury from Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan lost the final match. The situation was quite tense at that time because Pakistan had no pacers left. The only bowler left was Shaheen Shah Afridi and Nawaz.
Shaheen played the third last over, but could only play the first ball. As he was running, he could be seen stumbling and didn’t give a good ball. As a result, he was sent back.
Pakistan is already out of the world test championship, but they need to get their pacers back in and give them the appropriate medical treatment to get them ready for the one-day international world cup held in July 2023. As for now, it would be difficult to win the next test match against Australia as their star pacer is out of the series due to a shoulder injury.
