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    "editor1": "<p _ngcontent-fik-c354=\"\">Pakistan&#39;s frontline fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has been ruled out of next week&#39;s Asia Cup and the following Twenty20 international series against England with a knee injury, doctors said Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<article>\r\n<p>The injury to the 22-year-old is a major blow to Pakistan&#39;s chances in the six-nation Asia Cup starting in the United Arab Emirates from August 27.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shaheen&#39;s injury has already forced him to miss the second Test in Sri Lanka last month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The left-armer has accompanied the team to the Netherlands for a three-match one-day international series and was in rehabilitation before doctors advised him to rest for four to six weeks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Shaheen has been advised 4-6 weeks rest by the PCB Medical Advisory Committee and independent specialists following latest scans and reports,&quot; said a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) release.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Doctors hope the paceman will return to competitive cricket in October with the T20 international tri-series in New Zealand, which will be followed by the ICC Men&#39;s T20 World Cup Australia 2022.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shaheen anchored Pakistan&#39;s upset win over India in last year&#39;s Twenty20 World Cup, also played in the UAE.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A PCB medical officer said he is expected to recover with rest.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I have spoken with Shaheen and he is understandably upset with the news, but he is a brave young man who has vowed to come back strongly to serve his country and team,&quot; doctor Najeebullah Soomro is quoted as saying in the release.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Shaheen will stay with the squad to complete his rehabilitation and his replacement for the Asia Cup will be announced shortly,&quot; the release added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Pakistan side will arrive in Dubai from Rotterdam on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shaheen has so far played 25 Tests, 32 one-day internationals and 40 T20 internationals in a career that has ascended in the last three years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He was declared men&#39;s cricketer of the year in 2021 after taking 78 wickets in 36 internationals across three formats last year.<\/p>\r\n<\/article>\r\n",
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