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Asia Cup 2022: Update on Mohammad Rizwan's health

The wicket-keeper batsman will not be training ahead of the game against Afghanistan in Sharjah

By Web Desk
September 06, 2022
Pakistan´s Mohammad Rizwan leaves the field after being dismissed during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 4, 2022. — AFP/File
Pakistan´s Mohammad Rizwan leaves the field after being dismissed during the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket Super Four match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on September 4, 2022. — AFP/File

DUBAI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday shared that Pakistani wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan will be available to play tomorrow's match against Afghanistan in Sharjah during the ongoing Asia Cup 2022.

The statement by the cricketing body shared that Rizwan will, however,  not be training today.

The batter is currently being monitored by the team's medical staff, the PCB shared.

A day earlier, the wicket-keeper underwent a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to determine the extent of his injury, sustained during the match against India on Sunday.

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