Rahat out of Tests

Pakistan's problem-filled tour of Bangladesh was hit by another injury as frontline paceman Rahat Ali was Saturday ruled out of the Test series, the fifth injury case related to the tour.

The 26-year-old left-arm paceman played the first two of the three one-day matches before suffering a hamstring injury which was initially thought to be minor.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said he was out of the two-Test series, which starts in Khulna from Wednesday.

"Rahat is out of the Test series due to hamstring injury. Replacement, if any, will be announced in due course," the PCB said in a statement.

Batsman Sohaib Maqsood (arm fracture) and paceman Sohail Khan were ruled out ahead of the tour while leg-spinner Yasir Shah (thumb) and paceman Ehsan Adil (hamstring) were injured on the trip.

Shah, however, recovered and will be available for the Tests.