Karachi, Oct 15 (PTI) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed a devoted physiotherapist to take care of pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and batsman Fakhar Zaman throughout the T20 World Cup in Australia.
A PCB supply confirmed that because of the nature of Afridi and Fakhar’s knee accidents, the board requested Dr Javed Akhtar Mughal, a London-based physiotherapist, to affix the gamers.
“Dr Mughal was a part of the whole rehabilitation course of that Shaheen and Fakhar went by way of in London, so he is aware of their accidents very effectively. This is the explanation why the PCB chairman determined that each the gamers, particularly Shaheen, want devoted care throughout the World Cup.
He additional stated that the PCB considers each the gamers an asset to Pakistan cricket and realizing full effectively how delicate a knee harm and their restoration course of may be, it was determined to ship Dr Mughal to Australia.
“He will care for each of them throughout the programme. It was there that Shaheen and Fakhar used the services at Crystal Palace Football Club for his or her rehabilitation. Afridi and Fakhar will be part of the squad in Brisbane right now and play two warm-up matches towards England and Afghanistan earlier than deciding on whether or not they are going to be obtainable for choice within the World Cup.
Pakistan will play India of their first World Cup match in Melbourne on 23 October.
Afridi has been out of motion since mid-July when he injured his knee throughout the first Test towards Sri Lanka in Galle, whereas Fakhar injured his knee within the Asia Cup ultimate in Dubai. Both underwent rehabilitation in London final month.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
