Pakistan batter Haider Ali in hospital with viral illness during 6th T20I against England
India Today
Pakistan cricketer Haider Ali was taken to hospital because of a viral illness during the sixth T20I against England. Ali became the second Pakistan T20 World Cup player to be admitted to hospital.
Pakistan cricketer Haider Ali became the second Pakistan T20 World Cup player to be admitted to hospital during the T20I series against England after fast bowler Naseem Shah, who also fell ill.
Ali scored 18 runs off 14 balls, but the middle-order batter felt dizziness in the dressing room and was substituted. Pakistan ultimately lost the sixth T20. Ali has had a below-par series, scoring 11, 3, 4, and 18.
Paceman Shah spent two nights in a local hospital in Lahore because of pneumonia. He was ruled out of the remaining two T20s of the seven-match series after testing positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.
Shah will be isolated for two days, and the Pakistan Cricket Board said he will fly out to New Zealand with the team on Monday for a triangular T20 series also featuring Bangladesh, a prelude to the T20 World Cup in Australia.
Phil Salt scored a blistering half-century as the visitors raced to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan in their sixth T20 clash in Lahore on Friday to level the seven-match series at 3-3. The teams will contest the final match in the series at the same venue on Sunday.
