Azam Khan has been ruled out of the T20 series against New Zealand. The wicketkeeper-batsman suffered a right calf problem during the team's batting practice ahead of his first T20I. Then the report revealed the condition of his injury.

The radiology report revealed a grade one tear in his right calf-muscle. As a result, he was sent to rest for ten days. As a result, Azam Khan is not playing in the ongoing series against New Zealand. The five-match T20 series will end on April 27 in Lahore.

Now Azam Khan will leave the Pakistan cricket team and go to the National Cricket Academy. Azam Khan will complete the rehabilitation process there under the medical panel of PCB.

This 25-year-old cricketer has played in various franchise leagues like BPL, CPL, T-10 worldwide but could not announce himself in the international stage at all. The batsman scored only 29 runs in eight T20Is for Pakistan. The maximum is only ten, the strike rate is also below one hundred. He is yet to wear the Pakistan jersey in the remaining two formats.

Azam Khan last played for Pakistan in Dunedin, against New Zealand on their home soil. Pakistan lost the series 4-1 under the leadership of Shaheen Shah Afridi.