Sharjeel Khan on road to return

Published December 5, 2019
Sources say the last step of the rehabilitation programme will be an interaction with the national team, likely to be done prior to the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test match in Rawalpindi. – File
Sources say the last step of the rehabilitation programme will be an interaction with the national team, likely to be done prior to the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test match in Rawalpindi. – File

KARACHI: Sharjeel Khan is waiting for the last leg of his rehabilitation course before getting eligible to don the national colours once again.

The dashing left-handed batsman, who recently served his mandatory suspension against his role in the spot-fixing saga of the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has already featured in a club fixture in Karachi last month and has been doing net sessions as well at a recognised facility in the metropolis.

About the rehabilitation procedure, a source privy to the development said the last step of the programme will be an interaction with the national team, likely to be done prior to the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Test match in Rawalpindi.

As per the information available to this correspondent, Sharjeel had a lecture from the PCB anti-corruption unit official followed by a written test as early steps of the rehabilitation programme.

After three lectures to U-19 cricketers in Shekhupura, Bahawalpur and Karachi, the left-hander visited orphanage and other sites as part of social work and recently had an exchange with coaches at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.

The 30-year-old, who was banned for five years for his involvement in a corruption scandal in the 2017 edition of the PSL, with two-and-a-half years as suspended sentence, has included his name in the gold category for the PSL draft.

On one hand, Sharjeel is anticipating a comeback, while on the other hand, a case in England took a descisive turn where a former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed is facing the final phase of National Crime Agency probe into alleged spot-fixing in the PSL 2017.

Jamshed has already been banned by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for 10 years for his role in the spot-fixing scandal.

Published in Dawn, December 5th, 2019

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