Haider Ali likely to make debut in second Zimbabwe ODI

Rookie batsman stole the headlines with his explosive fifty on his T20I debut against England

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Young batsman Haider Ali is likely to make his debut, after being named in the 15-member squad, in the second one-day international (ODI) between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Left-hand batsman Haris Sohail has been ruled out of the second ODI after he suffered a groin injury during 71-run knock in first ODI on Friday.

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All-rounder Shadab Khan is yet to recover from his injury and is expected to miss the second ODI as well. The leg-spinner suffered from stiffness in his left upper-leg during the first intra-squad warm-up match in Lahore on October 23.

Haider stole the headlines with his explosive fifty on his T20I debut against England, which was instrumental in Pakistan’s solitary win on England tour.

Pakistan squad

Babar Azam (captain), Imamul Haq, Abid Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Imad Wasim, Usman Qadir, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Musa Khan.