Pakistan\u2019s young leg-spin all-rounder Shadab Khan has been declared fit to play in the ICC World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced.\u201cThe latest blood tests carried out show zero viral load in his blood,\u201d the PCB said in a press release late Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadab was named in \nPakistan\u2019s 15-member World Cup squad but couldn\u2019t fly with the team to \nEngland after tests revealed traces of hepatitis C in his blood stream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n PCB sent him to Manchester to consult with Dr Patrick Kennedy, who had \ngiven the leg-spinner two week\u2019s medication and rehab course, which \nShadab went through at the National Cricket Academy.The PCB said Shadab \nwould leave for England on May 16 and will consult Dr Kennedy the next \nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The board said Shadab\u2019s appearances in the World Cup warm-up\n matches against Afghanistan and Bangladesh on May 24 and 26 were \nsubject to his fitness and team management\u2019s decision.Shadab said he was\n delighted to have cleared the medical tests and be declared fit for the\n World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt has been difficult to stay away from \ninternational cricket and watch Pakistan play. As a professional \ncricketer, you want to be part of the team\u2019s success. Having played in \nthe 2017 Champions Trophy I understand the glamour, flavour and \nimportance of global events,\u201d Shadab said.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan\u2019s young leg-spin all-rounder Shadab Khan has been declared fit to play in the ICC World Cup, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced.\u201cThe latest blood tests carried out show zero viral load in his blood,\u201d the PCB said in a press release late Tuesday night. Shadab was named in Pakistan\u2019s 15-member World Cup squad but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61293,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61294,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61292\/revisions\/61294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}