By Muhammad Asif Khan
KARACHI:
The recent tour to South Africa,
where the batting line of Pakistan
didn’t perform up to the expectations, but pacemen Junaid Khan and lanky
Muhammad Irfan caught everybody’s attention including the English county teams,
however, one of the duo, Junaid Khan said his entire focus is on the upcoming
Champions Trophy.
“I have played for Lancashire, and
recently got good offers from Durham
and a few other county teams, however my entire focus is on the Champions
Trophy at the moment, hence I turned down the offers”, said Junaid Khan while
talking to this correspondent for News One TV.
“PCB also advised me to skip
county offers to avoid possible injuries before the mega event scheduled in England
later this year”, added Junaid Khan
The left arm fast bowler hurt his
leg during the recently concluded tour of South Africa where he performed impressively.
Junaid Khan, who recently led his
regional side at the domestic super eight T20 tournament, described his captaincy
experience as a great learning curve for him.
“I was given the responsibility
in Younus Khan’s absence, and I enjoyed the experience. I am eyeing at the
upcoming departmental One-day tournament now”, said Junaid
The 23 year old was also ecstatic
to know that the legendry Wasim Akram would probably appear at the training
camp before the champions trophy.
“I heard Wasim Akram will also
visit the training camp and that would the best opportunity for a youngster
like me to learn from the master”, concludes Junaid Khan
The writer is a sports journalist in Pakistan, heads the sports department at News One TV & tweets @mak_asif
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