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Pak selector clueless on Shoaib's fitness
Wasim Bari said he was clueless on Shoaib's availabilty for the tour of India following the paceman's refusal to play in the Patron's Cup.
Pakistan's chief selector Wasim Bari has said he would be completely clueless on Shoaib Akhtar's fitness level when he considers players for selection for the upcoming tour of India following the paceman's refusal to play in the Patron's Trophy.
The second round of the tournament was the only chance to examine the bowler before the selection committee meeting on Friday, the same day when the team of medical experts are to return from holidays, he said.
"I have informed the Board to provide me proper medical reports about the four unfit pacemen -- Shoaib, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Khalil and Shabbir Ahmed," Bari was quoted as saying in the Dawn on Monday.
"The PCB has formed a medical commission comprising local experts and Shoaib should have appeared before it," he added.
Bari also said the PCB needed to provide him the reports of both coach and manager of the team which toured Australia before the Friday meeting.
"All these documents are essential for the guidance of the selection committee," he said.
Shoaib was instructed by the Pakistan Cricket Board to play the second round match of the ongoing Patron's Trophy to prove his fitness for selection to the team to be named on Friday.
But Shoaib refused to play saying he was not fit as yet.
Bari said it would have been better if Shoaib had played.
"Yes, he rang me up saying he was not fit, but I told him that I want a fit and fighting Shoaib for the India tour and it would have been better if he had played for KRL," Bari said.
