This coverage prevents athletes from bringing their infants to the Video games. Because of this, Bismah declined to be a part of the Asian Video games squad as she wouldn’t have been capable of journey together with her daughter to the Video games village below the rules.
Dropping Bismah, who is among the group’s main performers, is a big setback for Pakistan’s possibilities within the match. She has been a key participant for the group, and her absence will undoubtedly be felt.
Along with Bismah’s withdrawal, the group additionally suffered the shock retirement of 18-year-old all-rounder Ayesha Naseem.
Ayesha cited private causes for her untimely retirement from cricket, additional including to the group’s challenges.
These developments have left the Pakistan ladies’s group with a depleted squad for the upcoming Asian Video games, impacting their preparations and prospects for the match.
The pinnacle of the Pakistan Cricket Board‘s ladies’s cricket wing, Tania Mallick mentioned that it was unlucky the group wouldn’t have the companies of Bismah on the Asian Video games.
Tania confirmed that Bismah was not named within the squad as she wouldn’t have been capable of journey together with her daughter to the Video games village because of the rules in place.
Speaking in regards to the shock retirement of Ayesha, Tania mentioned she had knowledgeable the board that she had left cricket as a consequence of private causes.
“The PCB respects and understands her determination to give up the sport for private causes. We want her the very best in future endeavours.”
It has been reported that Ayesha has determined to surrender cricket to strictly observe her faith however there are additionally speculations she might need retired after getting a wedding proposal the place her in-laws weren’t in favour of her enjoying cricket.
The teenager was thought of a budding expertise having already represented Pakistan within the white-ball codecs.
Earlier than the Asian Video games, the Pakistan ladies’s group will characteristic within the house collection towards South Africa comprising three T20Is and three ODIs (a part of ICC Ladies’s Championship 2022-25) in Karachi from September 1 to 14. The squad for the bilateral collection will probably be introduced in the end.
Pakistan have received gold medals within the final two editions of the Asian Video games in Guangzhou, China in 2010 and Incheon, South Korea 2014, and will probably be aiming for a hat-trick after they characteristic on this yr’s occasion, scheduled to happen from September 19 to 26.
The occasion will probably 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.
(With PTI inputs)
