T20 World Cup: Netherlands bring in Saqib Zulfiqar and Kyle Klein as injury replacements
Written by I Dig SportsKlaasen faced a recurrence of symptoms from a previously sustained stress fracture of the lower back while Doran was ruled out due to a broken hand.
Zulfiqar, 27, has so far played six T20Is - to go with 15 ODIs - and has nine wickets at an economy rate of 6.46, while Klein, the 22-year-old right-arm medium pacer, has played just the solitary T20I and two ODIs till date. The T20I was against Nepal earlier this year, where he bowled just one wicketless over and gave away five runs.
Klaassen (Kent) and Bas de Leede (Durham) were the Dutch players allowed to miss the Vitality T20 Blast by their English counties and released for the T20 World Cup, even as the experienced duo of Colin Ackermann (Durham) and Roelof van der Merwe (Somerset) had to stay on with their counties.
Of the players who were likely to be picked but weren't, Brandon Glover wasn't considered as he continues his comeback after an injury, while Timm van der Gugten is out of action with a calf injury.
Netherlands have been drawn in Group D of the T20 World Cup, which starts on June 1, alongside Bangladesh, Nepal, South Africa and Sri Lanka, and start with a game against Nepal on June 4 in Dallas.