Flying high in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, Pakistan cricket team is facing a couple of injury scares in Sri Lanka as their premier left-arm off-spinner Abdur Rehman is nursing a left leg muscle injury.
Abdur Rehman is likely to miss Pakistan’s next match against Canada on Thursday but he is not the only player struggling with an injury. Pakistan’s top middle-order batsman, Misbah-ul-Haq is also facing an injury.
Pakistan’s manager, Intikhab Alam, told local media on Tuesday that Abdur Rehman will sit out of not so important tie against Canada as his injury will take five days to heal.
“Rehman sprained his leg while fielding in the match against Sri Lanka and had to put on a strapping in order to bowl. It’s an adductor muscle rupture,” Alam told reporters here.
Rehman, who turned 31 on Tuesday, is a key member of Pakistan cricket team and has been preferred over an orthodox off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for the past some months. Rehman has represented Pakistan in 17 ODIs so far and taken 13 wickets, one of which he took in the 11 runs victory against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
“We don’t want to risk Rehman and will wait for him to recover,” said Alam.
Rehman’s injury has given Saeed Ajmal the chance to prove his mettle as he has been warming the bench for past some series.
Alam further stated that Misbah-ul-Haq is also nursing a hamstring injury and is likely to be rested in the Canada game while sources told The Sports Encounter that the team management is also considering resting Shoaib Akhtar and give chance to either Junaid Khan or Wahab Riaz.
