DHAKA — Pakistan seam bowler Ehsan Adil will miss the ongoing One-Day International series in Bangladesh due to a hamstring injury and has been replaced by Umar Gul, the country's cricket board said on Saturday. “Ehsan Adil out of Bangladesh series due to hamstring injury. Umar Gul will replace him,” the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Twitter. Adil was not part of the Pakistan team which went down by 79 runs in the first of the three matches, their first ODI defeat by Bangladesh in 16 years. Right-arm paceman Gul, who has played 125 ODIs, is himself returning from an ankle injury that kept him out of the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Gul was named earlier for the Twenty20 to be played on April 24. Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar was named as a replacement Friday for injured leg-spinner Yasir Shah. Adil's injury is the fourth setback for Pakistan after batsman Sohaib Maqsood (arm fracture) and fast bowler Sohail Khan (back injury) were ruled out before the tour began, while leg-spinner Yasir Shah injured his thumb in a practice match prior to the one-day series. Team manager Naveed Cheema said that Adil's injury had worsened. “Adil had a minor injury while coming to Bangladesh, we thought he would be fine. Today we examined him again and found that he has aggravated the hamstring injury,” Cheema said. “The physio is of the opinion that he cannot recover sufficiently in the next seven days, so we are sending him back.” The teams meet at the Shere Bangla National Stadium for the second ODI Sunday and return to the venue for the third and final match Wednesday. — Agencies
