http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379 for his fitness issues – Cricket News Update
Shoaib Akhtar, the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 pacer, on Thursday, lashed out at the Indian speedster Zaheer Khan, saying that he should understand the requirement of cricket, that ‘weaker bodies’ can’t survive in this game.
Zaheer is ruled out of the much anticipated second Test match between India and England, scheduled to be played on July 29, 2011 at Trent Bridge. The pacer sustained a hamstring injury on the opening day of the first Test played at Lord’s, where he claimed
two important wickets of skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, for 18 in 13.3 overs. He then remained out of the rest of the innings to take rest.
“It's always good to have him in the side because he is our most experienced bowler, especially when it comes to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, he has played a lot of cricket over here for counties and the last time India were here (in 2007) he bowled really well, said Dhoni
of Zaheer.
Zaheer’s career is filled with an array of injuries which forced him to miss a considerable part of his cricketing career. The 32-year-old also skipped the India’s tour to Caribbean, which was the team’s first international appearance, following the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625
World Cup 2011, where they were the title winners.
However, Zaheer played http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s lucrative Indian Premier League, which was a long event of 45 days.
Akthar, whose career had also been derailed by injuries said that Zaheer is playing while fighting with his injuries since the last three years, but now he is not physically fit anymore.
In the absence of the left-arm pacer, the visitors lost the first match to the tourists by a big margin of 196 runs. In addition, the Indian team was also hit by another injury case, when Gambhir picked an elbow injury while fielding in 2000th
Test match of the history.
The pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 will now play in the second Test match, in place of Zaheer.
However, Dhoni expressed a hope that the pacer will be fit ahead of the third Test of the ongoing series, scheduled to be played on August 10, at Edgbaston.
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