Ihsanullah: “For the next three years, I cannot play red-ball cricket, neither for Pakistan nor for domestic teams. The doctors prohibited it and PCB knows it”
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Pakistan pace bowler Ihsanullah has revealed that he cannot play red-ball cricket for the next three years as doctors have prohibited it.
Ihsanullah is recovering from an elbow injury and is currently working hard to regain full fitness.
Despite making a lot of progress, the 22-year-old expressed his disappointment as not being able to play first-class cricket or Test cricket for a long time.
On a more positive note, he confirmed he can play T20 cricket now, but has to wait for another year before resuming his 50-over career.
“For the next three years, I cannot play red-ball cricket, neither for Pakistan nor for domestic teams. The doctors prohibited it and PCB knows it. My shoulder has to be very strong for red-ball cricket. The doctor in England said that I can play T20 now and 50-over cricket after a year,” he told Public News as quoted by PakPassion on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Pakistan recently faced Bangladesh in a two-Test series and were beaten 2-0 before turning their fortunes around with a 2-1 win over England in a three-match Test series.
They then faced Australia in a limited overs series and won the ODI leg 2-1, which was their first ODI series win in the country since 2002.
As for the three-match T20I series, Pakistan were comprehensively beaten 3-0.
The men in green will now head to Zimbabwe to play three ODIs and three T20Is from November 24 to December 5.
Pakistan Squad for Australia ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan Squad for Australia T20I Series: Arafat Minhas, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan, Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Omair Bin Yousuf, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Usman Khan
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe ODI Series: Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Ahmed Daniyal, Faisal Akram, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Kamran Ghulam, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Irfan Khan, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Shahnawaz Dahani, Tayyab Tahir
Pakistan Squad for Zimbabwe T20I Series: Ahmed Daniyal, Arafat Minhas, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah Khan (wicketkeeper), Jahandad Khan, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Hasnain, Irfan Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Sahibzada Farhan, Salman Ali Agha, Sufiyan Muqeem, Tayyab Tahir, Usman Khan