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Sohail Khan has had an awesome first-class season, production up a Pakistan achievement 91 wickets in his entry assemblage © Getty Images
 

Sohail Khan has replaced Mohammad Asif in Pakistan’s 16-man unit for the upcoming tri-series in Bangladesh, which module refer the hosts and India. The program is cod to begin from June 8.

Asif was originally designated in the unit on Sunday, the rattling period he was detained at metropolis airfield for suspected cacoethes of an banned item. It is implausible today that Asif module be backwards in instance to endeavor in the tournament. Selectors told Cricinfo that they were not alive of Asif’s status when they picked the squad.

Khan has had an awesome first-class season, production up a Pakistan achievement 91 wickets in his entry assemblage and he has impressed some with his measure and stamina. He was rewarded for his efforts with an planetary call-up against Rhodesia early this assemblage in an ODI series. In threesome ODIs so far, he has picked up quaternary wickets, with a prizewinning of 3 for 30 against Bangladesh.

He wasn’t conception of the example unit because selectors change that Wahab Riaz’s left-arm provided a more cured limited-overs option. Khan spent a hebdomad at a alacritous bowlers’ tent in metropolis low the receptor of Wasim Akram, where it was widely change that despite his undoubted promise, there were ease areas he necessary to impact on. Outside of his bowling, his slummy fielding is thoughtful a earnest anxiety within the activity committee. The Pakistan unit leaves for Dacca on June 5.

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