After their 74-run defeat towards England within the opening Take a look at of the continued three-match sequence at Rawalpindi, Pakistan have confronted some other blow as their frontline pacer Haris Rauf has been dominated out of all the sequence because of a thigh damage.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) showed the improvement on Tuesday, declaring Rauf has a grade-II pressure in his proper quad. Significantly, the 29-year-old, who made his debut within the opening Take a look at in Rawalpindi, stepped at the ball whilst fielding at the first day.

Rauf bowled 13 overs all through England’s first innings and collected one wicket for 78 runs. He used to be not able to bowl in the second one innings and batted with discomfort in each essays. Consistent with PCB, the scans printed Rauf’s damage, and now the pacer will shuttle to Lahore for rehabilitation.

“A grade-II pressure in the precise quad has dominated Haris Rauf out of the Take a look at sequence towards England. The short bowler underwent an MRI all through the primary day’s play of the Rawalpindi Take a look at after he rolled over the ball whilst fielding,” a PCB observation learn.

“The scans and the following review via the PCB scientific workforce concluded that the quick bowler suffered a grade-II pressure. Haris will shuttle to Lahore, the place he’ll start his rehabilitation on the Nationwide Prime-Efficiency Centre,” the observation added.

Rauf’s absence shall be an enormous blow for the hosts as they’re already lacking spearhead tempo bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi, who used to be not worthy as a result of his knee damage. Pakistan have now not but named a substitute for Rauf. After dropping the primary Take a look at towards England, the Babar Azam-led aspect shall be having a look to dance again in the second one Take a look at, which is scheduled to start out on December 09 in Multan.