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Tanvir replaces Jamshed for Sri Lanka ODIs

Dunya News

The five-match ODI series starts on June 7 in Pallekele.

Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir has been retained for the ODIs in Sri Lanka as a replacement for the injured opening batsman Nasir Jamshed.Tanvir impressed in the two Twenty20s in Hambantota, bowling economically and taking four wickets. He also picked up the Man of the Series award.Jamshed, who was originally named in the ODI and T20 squads, was ruled out before the team departed for Sri Lanka due to a fractured left index finger. The PCB hadnt named a replacement back then. Tanvir was named only in the Twenty20 squad.