Pakistan as a batting side has been numerously mocked and ridiculed for its inefficient and clumsy batting displays. The last few years have witnessed Pakistan’s downfall in limited- overs cricket, and the main reason behind that has been their poor batting. A key reason behind their batting lagging behind as compared to other top teams around has been the fact that there is too much of rotation among the players. Hardly any promising batsman has received the benefits of a fair run.
A promising batsman, whose career could well face an unfortunate and premature end, is Haris Sohail. The southpaw, who made his ODI debut for Pakistan in July 2013 in the Caribbean, endured an unsuccessful knee surgery and chances that he will return to competitive cricket seem quite bleak. Sohail last played a competitive game in September 2015, and since then has been injured.
The elegant batsman was a part of Pakistan’s otherwise disastrous 2015 ICC World Cup and has decent career stats. In 22 ODIs, Haris has seven half-centuries to his name, with a healthy batting average of 43. An official from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently admitted he could be sent to England, in order to seek remedy for his injury.
“It is sad news that Sohail’s knee operation last year was not successful. The PCB Chairman has now sent him to London for examinations but the picture is not very good about his future,” an official from PCB was quoted saying.
If the news regarding this is indeed true, a promising career could well see a premature end.