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Shaheen undergoing rehab at his own expense, Afridi makes shocking revelation

Shaheen, 22, injured his knee while fielding during the first Test in Sri Lanka in July and missed the Asia Cup earlier this month

Shaheen undergoing rehab at his own expense, Afridi makes shocking revelation PHOTO: PCB/File

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors named a 15-member squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup on Thursday. They included young left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, who is currently recovering from injury, in the squad. 

Shaheen, 22, injured his knee while fielding during the first Test in Sri Lanka in July and missed the Asia Cup earlier this month. 

The lanky left-arm paceman will also miss the seven-match T20I series against England starting in Karachi from September 20 but chief selector Mohammad Wasim said his injury is being monitored. "We are assessing Shaheen's injury and hope that he will be fit," Wasim said in a press conference in Lahore.

However, former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi has said that the young pacer is paying for his own rehabilitation in England.

"Shaheen Afridi has gone on his own to England. He has even paid for his own ticket. He is staying in England on his own money. I arranged a doctor for him, and then he contacted the doctor when he landed there. The PCB hasn't done anything," Afridi said in a discussion on Samaa TV.

"From the coordination to his accommodation, he is doing everything on his own. Zakir Khan (PCB's director of international cricket) spoke to him just once or twice."

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