According to media reports, Sohail woke up in the night scared, insisting there was a supernatural presence in his room. The youngster insisted on shifting to another room and by that time had developed high fever after which the team authorities pressed the hotel management to change his room immediately.
Perhaps this is the first time a Pakistani cricketer has faced a problem of this kind on tour as usually in the past players have been caught up in controversies pertaining to their own behaviour.
On Sunday in their first warm up match, the Pakistanis lost to a New Zealand President XI but captain Misbah-ul-Haq returned from a hamstring injury with a hundred.
A team official said it had been decided to give Misbah rest for the second warm up game as he had just recovered from his injury and the management didn't want to physically tax him out.
The official said Haris Sohail who didn't play the first match and paceman, Bilawal Bhatti would play in the second warm up game on Tuesday.
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