Bilawal Bhatti expected to replace Junaid Khan

LAHORE: Bilawal Bhatti is expected to replace Junaid Khan in Pakistan’s squad for the upcoming World Cup.

Left arm seamer Junaid Khan was unable to clear a fitness test which put him out of contention for the World Cup starting this month in Australia and New Zealand.

Junaid expressed his disappointment on Twitter but said his well wishes were with the Pakistan team. The Peshawar speedster did quite well in the recently concluded national ODI tournament but a recurrence of an earlier injury forced him to be left out of the national team.

Bilawal Bhatti was earlier included in Pakistan’s squad for the two match ODI series against New Zealand as a replacement for the injured Junaid Khan.