WT20: Ayesha Zafar replaces injured Javeria Khan

The event technical committee of ICC World T20 on Thursday approved Ayesha Zafar as replacement of Javeria Khan in Pakistan’s Women World T20 squad for remainder of the tournament.

Javeria was injured after being hit by a bouncer while batting during Pakistan’s opening match against the West Indies in Chennai on Wednesday and has been ruled out of the tournament.

21-year-old Ayesha is a right-handed top-order batter and has played two T20Is against the West Indies last year.

An official of Pakistan Women team had confirmed that Javeria will not be able to partake in the remainder of ICC Women's World T20 and she is likely to return home tomorrow (Friday).

"She has been discharged with a fractured thumb but we are still waiting for the medical report," team manager Ayesha Ashhar had said earlier today.

27-year-old Khan was struck on her thumb by a bumper from Shamilia Connell that then hit the grill of her helmet. Khan collapsed to the ground and was stretchered off the field before being taken to hospital.

Pakistan is in Group B and will be playing its next matches against India (Delhi, 19 March), Bangladesh (Delhi, 24 March) and England (Chennai, 27 March).