Overview
- The Pakistan fast bowler, who crashed head-first trying a return catch Saturday in the eighth over, left the field on a stretcher.
- He returned before lunch and bowled again later in the same Bangladesh innings, easing fears of a severe head injury.
- Pakistan’s physio treated him on the pitch as he held the right side of his head, then Salman Agha finished the over.
- Under World Test Championship rules, teams may request a like-for-like concussion replacement for on-field head injuries if the ICC match referee approves it.
- Wisden suggested Shaheen Shah Afridi as the closest stand-in if Pakistan needed one, with spinner Noman Ali also available, though no substitution was made.