Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah has been ruled out of action for the past four months after he suffered a shoulder injury during the Asia Cup.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Super League (PSL) season nine is almost a month away with the right-armer moving to a new franchise Islamabad United from Quetta Gladiators.
United has issued a fitness update for the 20-year-old, stating that he is bowling regularly in the nets. His recovery is going really well.
Last month, the chief selector of the Pakistan men's cricket team Wahab Riaz gave an update regarding Naseem Shah.
"Naseem Shah will be completely fit till PSL," confirmed Riaz during a media talk. "I have met with Naseem and his rehabilitation program is going very well."
It must be noted that the season nine of the PSL will begin next month with Lahore Qalandars set to defend their title.
The league will be played from February 17 to March 17, 2024, across four cities: Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Multan.
Karachi will host 11 matches, followed by Lahore and Rawalpindi, each hosting 9 games, and five matches taking place in Multan.
According to a local cricket website, here is the likely schedule for PSL 9.
Proposed schedule for PSL 9
Feb 17: Qalandars vs United in Lahore
Feb 18: Gladiators vs Zalmi in Lahore and Sultans vs Kings in Multan
Feb 19: Qalandars vs Gladiators in Lahore
Feb 20: Sultans vs United in Multan
Feb 21: Zalmi vs Kings in Lahore and Sultans vs Qalandars in Multan
Feb 22: Gladiators vs United in Lahore
Feb 23: Sultans vs Zalmi in Multan
Feb 24: Qalandars vs Kings in Lahore
Feb 25: Sultans vs Gladiators in Multan and Qalandars vs Zalmi in Lahore
Feb 26: Zalmi vs United in Lahore
Feb 27: Qalandars vs Sultans in Lahore
Feb 28: Kings vs United in Karachi
Feb 29: Rest day
Mar 1: Zalmi vs Qalandars and United vs Gladiators in Pindi
Mar 2: Kings vs Sultans in Karachi
Mar 3: United vs Zalmi in Pindi
Mar 4: Kings vs Gladiators in Karachi
Mar 5: Zalmi vs Sultans in Pindi
Mar 6: United vs Qalandars and Gladiators vs Kings in Pindi
Mar 7: United vs Kings in Pindi
Mar 8: Zalmi vs Gladiators in Pindi
Mar 9: Kings vs Qalandars in Karachi
Mar 10: United vs Sultans and Gladiators vs Qalandars in Pindi
Mar 11: Kings vs Zalmi in Karachi
Mar 12: Gladiators vs Sultans in Karachi
Mar 13: Rest day
Mar 14: Qualifier (Team 1 vs Team 2) and Eliminator 1 (Team 3 vs Team 4) in Karachi
Mar 15: Eliminator 2 (Eliminator winner vs Qualifer runner-up) in Karachi
Mar 16: Rest day
Mar 17: Final in Karachi
- Naseem Shah