KARACHI: Veteran batsman Younis Khan will play no further part in Pakistan’s one-day series in Sri Lanka following the death of his 10-year-old nephew, an official said yesterday.
“Younis will return home on Monday as his nephew Saad Khan died while having a liver transplant in India,” a Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman said.
The 36-year-old Younis made only 3 in Pakistan’s four-wicket win in the first ODI in Hambantota on Saturday.
Saad’s body was scheduled to reach Pakistan yesterday and would be flown to the family’s hometown in the country’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where the funeral will be held. Pakistan have already lost ace spinner Saeed Ajmal, who will miss the first two ODIs to have his suspect bowling action tested in an Australian biomechanics lab.
AFP
