England vs India: Adil Rashid to miss white-ball series for Hajj pilgrimage
FirstpostLeeds: Adil Rashid is set to miss England’s white-ball series against India after being given clearance by cricket chiefs to make a holy pilgrimage to Mecca. It consists of a series of religious rites that are completed over five days in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca, and surrounding areas of western Saudi Arabia. As a result, he will miss part of Yorkshire’s domestic Twenty20 Blast campaign as well as England’s upcoming T20 and one-day international matches at home to India. This is something that I really committed to myself that I would do.” Rashid is not the only cricketer missing international matches in order to take part in the hajj, with Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim having skipped the ongoing limited-overs tour of the West Indies to make the pilgrimage.