PAK vs SA: There's No Fault Of Fakhar Zaman, The Medical Panel Should Be Sacked - Kamran Akmal

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced that Faqar Zaman has been ruled out of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 tournament due to a knee injury. He was replaced by Mohammad Haris for the remainder of the T20 World Cup.

The left-handed batsman, who came into the tournament with a knee injury, missed Pakistan’s first two T20 World Cup matches against India and Zimbabwe and played in the third match against the Netherlands only to aggravate his knee injury and get ruled out of the tournament.

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Akmal lashed out at Pakistan’s medical team for handling Fakhar Zaman’s injury. He asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to sack the panel. He said that the medical team, selectors, coach, and captain should be responsible. The left-handed batsman was injured during Pakistan’s win over the Netherlands.

The Medical Panel, Selectors, Captain And Coach Are Answerable – Kamran Akmal

“Fakhar ka koi kasoor nahi hai. Medical panel se puchna chaie, selectors se puchna chaie, captain aur coach se bhi. Ye Pakistan ki team hai, koi domestic wala nahi ki apne marzi ka kuch bhi kar le. Sack karna chaie is medical panel ko. (There’s no fault of Fakhar. The medical panel, selectors, captain and coach are answerable. The medical panel should be sacked,)” said Akmal on his YouTube channel.

“Meri toh request PCB se hai ki is medical panel ko kis buniyad pe rakkha hu hai? aapko injury k bade mein nahi pata, aap injured players ko squad mei rakh rahe ho.

“Ye kya koi ghar ki team hai ki koi bhi inured ho phir bhi hissa banega. Jo fit hote hai, jo domestic mein bada accha karte hai unpe toh bohut allegation lagate hai. Agar wo fitness test clear na kare toh aap ghar bhijwane ki baat karte hai.

“Toh Pakistan team mein aisa kyu nahi hota? (PCB has kept this medical panel on what basis? They don’t know about injuries, they are making injured players play. The ones fit and scoring runs in domestic cricket have to face a lot of criticism, they are sent home if they don’t pass the fitness test,),” he added.

Akmal questioned why the PCB kept a medical team, saying that they knew nothing about the injuries and pushed players with niggles to play in major tournaments. He said that players who have scored a lot of runs on the domestic circuit are criticized and sent home if they fail the fitness test.

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