Overview
- Right-arm seamer Mohammad Saleem has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series with a groin adductor overload.
- According to the ACB, Saleem will undergo rehabilitation at the board’s High Performance Centre until he fully recovers.
- Twenty-one-year-old Bilal Sami replaces him in the ODI squad, bringing one ODI cap and 44 wickets in 25 List-A matches after strong recent domestic form.
- The ODIs are scheduled for October 8, 11 and 14 at Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
- Hashmatullah Shahidi leads Afghanistan’s ODI side, with the series arriving soon after Bangladesh swept the preceding T20Is 3-0.