Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that their former Test captain, Shan Masood, who scored a first-innings century against West Indies in the opening match of the ongoing Test series in Tarouba against West Indies and fractured his index finger on his left hand, will miss the second and final Test of the contest.
Pakistan cricket team will have to find a candidate who could replace Shan Masood for the following Test match, which is scheduled to start on August 2 at the Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain. There are at least three cricketers who are poised to be the replacement for Shan Masood as a middle-order batter.
3 contenders to replace Shan Masood for the West Indies vs Pakistan 2nd Test match:
The 26-year-old right-handed batter could be a perfect replacement in the middle order. In the second innings of the previous match, Pakistan faced a batting collapse, which cost them the match. Pakistan cricket team needed someone who could perform in the middle order in a well-composed way.
Adbullah Shafique, who has featured in 24 Tests for the national team, has all the required skill sets to fit the role. In 24 matches and 46 innings, the experienced batter has so far scored 1,610 runs for an average of 37.44, including five hundreds and six fifties. The batter has a record for scoring a double century as well for the Pakistan National Cricket Team. He got a 201-run knock against Sri Lanka in Colombo on July 24, 2023.
Shafique’s last Test appearance in the format was on October 20, 2025, against South Africa in Rawalpindi when he registered a half-century in the first innings of the match.
Saud Shakeel
Another experienced batter who deserves to be in the playing eleven for the upcoming Test against West Indies in place of Shan Masood. Shakeel, 30, has played 23 Tests so far for Pakistan and carries a batting average of 43.95 with a total of 1,802 runs in 44 innings. After making his debut in the format in 2022, the batter has claimed ten half-centuries and four centuries, with the highest of an unbeaten 208, which he got against Sri Lanka in 2023 in Galle.
Saud Shakeel has prior experience playing against West Indies twice in Multan in 2025. In an innings against West Indies, he played a commanding 84-run knock.
Awais Zafar
If the Pakistan cricket team wants to invest in a long-term deposit, then Awais Zafar is an obvious option who is yet to make his debut for the national cricket team. The 26-year-old, whose First-Class batting average is 42.98 after 34 matches and 61 innings, is a potential candidate to replace the injured Shan Masood.
Ahead of the two-match Test series, when Pakistan was playing against the West Indies Select XI, Zafar batted at number four to score 64 runs off 95 balls with four fours and as many sixes. He was the highest scorer for Pakistan in that innings. Zafar’s 64-run innings was well compiled both with composure and timely aggression.
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