Sohail joins Pakistan Champions Trophy squad as replacement

Umar Akmal was sent home from England after a failed fitness test last week.

Haris Sohail last played in an ODI for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in 2015. (file image)

Allrounder Haris Sohail has replaced an unfit Umar Akmal in the Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy.

Akmal failed a fitness test in Birmingham, England, last week during Pakistan’s training camp and was told to return home.

The Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement on Tuesday it conducted fitness tests on three players Sohail, Umar Amin and Asif Zakir in Lahore to select Akmal’s replacement.

Because of a knee injury, Sohail played the last of his 22 one-day internationals in 2015 against Zimbabwe at Lahore.