Shaheen Shah Afridi flies to London for rehabilitation
Shaheen Shah Afridi doing his famous celebration (PC: Twitter)
In a recent development surrounding Shaheen Shah Afridi, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) provided an update on the status of his injury.
Afridi has boarded the flight to London, where he will be completing the rehabilitation of the knee injury he sustained in July this year.
The left-arm seamer, during the recovery period will be taken care by some of the best knee specialists, including London-based doctors Imtiaz Ahmed and Zafar Iqbal.
PCB confident of Afridi's return before T20I World Cup
As mentioned in the press release, the PCB Chief Medical Officer, Dr Najeebullah Soomro reflected on the pacer's recovery process. He even informed that the 22-year-old has a great chance of featuring in the upcoming T20 World Cup.
"Shaheen Shah Afridi requires uninterrupted, dedicated knee specialist care and London offers some of the best sports medical and rehabilitation facilities in the world. In the best interest of the player, we have decided to send him there.
"The medical department will receive daily feedback on his progress whilst in London and we are confident Shaheen will return to full fitness before the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup."
Injury woes for Pakistan
After Afridi got ruled out of the Asia Cup 2022, Pakistan were jolted by a second bad news as another front-line pacer, Mohammad Wasim Jr, found himself out of the tournament due to a side strain.
However, with the advent of Naseem Shah in the last night's game against India, Pakistan may heave a sigh of relief even after suffering a five-wicket loss at the hands of their arch-rivals.
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