The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed an Indian physician from the UK to help within the choice strategy of its medical panel chief.
The publish of the pinnacle of the PCB’s medical committee had fallen vacant after the resignation of Dr Sohail Saleem following the Pakistan Super League incident in March.
A PCB official confirmed that Dr Zafar, an Indian physician based mostly in London and a Pakistani sports activities drugs specialist based mostly within the UK, is a part of the recruitment course of.
“Yes, the PCB has acquired its expertise for free to help finalize the head of the new medical panel,” an official mentioned with out naming the Indian physician.
He mentioned that each the medical doctors have studied the eligibility of the candidates and likewise interviewed the profitable individual earlier than sending the title of the profitable individual to the PCB.
“We sought his expertise as we do not have many qualified sports medicine specialists in the country and since the head of the PCB medical panel has to be qualified in this field, he conducted the interviews.”
The official mentioned the Indian physician and Dr Zafar have labored extensively with sports activities groups and athletes in England and are acknowledged as high professionals within the sports activities drugs discipline.
Dr Sohail Saleem, the long-serving head of the PCB medical panel, was requested to go away after the PSL 6 was suspended in March in Karachi following the outbreak of COVID-19 amongst competing franchises because of breaches of the bio-bubble.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
