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  T20 World Cup 2021: Pakistan Name Shoaib Malik As Replacement For Injured Sohaib Maqsood Former captain and veteran batsman Shoaib Malik returns to  Pakistan ‘s T20I setup and has been drafted straight into the 15-man T20 World Cup squad as a replacement for the injured Sohaib Maqsood, the  PCB  announced on Saturday. Maqsood, who has been an in-form batsman, had undergone MRI scans for his lower back pain on Thursday. He picked up the injury on October 6 while playing during the National T20 Cup. Shoaib Malik hasn’t featured in a T20I for Pakistan for 12 months. He captained Pakistan in the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007, when Pakistan lost to India in the final. He was part of the Pakistan team that won the tournament in 2009. He missed out in 2010 but featured in the 2012, 2014 and 2016 editions of the T20 World Cup. Wasim:   “Sohaib is devastated to miss out on the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup as he had worked hard for this event and was in sparkling...