Times of Islamabad

Good news for the Pakistani cricket fans ahead of the World Cup

Good news for the Pakistani cricket fans ahead of the World Cup

Pakistan’s express pacer, Naseem Shah, has returned to training after fullyrecovering from a viral infection. Naseem was seen in the national team’spractice session ahead of Pakistan’s clash against New Zealand in thefourth match of the tri-nation series in Christchurch.

Naseem was ruled out of action last month during England’s historic T20Itour of Pakistan after suffering a viral infection. According to details,Naseem had suffered from COVID-19 and was admitted to a hospital for onenight after contracting pneumonia during the historic series.

Naseem, part of Pakistan’s 2022 T20 World Cup squad, was in recovery modeas the national team departed for New Zealand for the tri-series ahead ofthe mega-event.

It is understood that Naseem has regained full fitness and will beavailable for action in the next match in the tri-series. However, it isexpected that Naseem will be offered further rest and will not be includedin the line-up as the national team management want him to be at a hundredpercent heading into the T20 World Cup.