If the untimely retirement of Ayesha Naseem was not sufficient, the Pakistan ladies’s crew was dealt one other blow on Friday, as former skipper Bismah Maroof pulled out of the Asian Games due to the occasion’s “no travelling with children” coverage.
Pakistan, thus, misplaced two of their main performers earlier than the upcoming Games.
Bismah declined to be a part of the Asian Games squad after the organisers refused permission to taking part nations to have athletes carry their infants for the Games.
The head of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s ladies’s cricket wing, Tania Mallick mentioned that it was unlucky the crew wouldn’t have the providers of Bismah on the Asian Games.
Tania confirmed that Bismah was not named within the squad as she wouldn’t have been in a position to journey together with her daughter to the Games village as a result of rules in place.
Talking concerning the shock retirement of 18-year previous all-rounder Ayesha, Tania mentioned she had knowledgeable the board that she had left cricket on account of private causes.
“The PCB respects and understands her decision to quit the game for personal reasons. We wish her the best in future endeavours.” It has been reported that Ayesha has determined to surrender cricket to strictly comply with her faith however there are additionally speculations she may need retired after getting a wedding proposal the place her in-laws weren’t in favour of her taking part in cricket.
The teen was thought of a budding expertise having already represented Pakistan within the white-ball codecs.
Before the Asian Games, the Pakistan ladies’s crew will characteristic within the house collection towards South Africa comprising three T20Is and three ODIs (a part of ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25) in Karachi from September 1 to 14. The squad for the bilateral collection shall be introduced sooner or later.
Pakistan have received gold medals within the final two editions of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China in 2010 and Incheon, South Korea 2014, and shall be aiming for a hat-trick after they characteristic on this 12 months’s occasion, scheduled to happen from September 19 to 26.
The occasion shall be performed within the T20 format.
Pakistan Squad: Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Anoosha Nasir, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Nataliya Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah and Umm-e-Hani.
