{"id":292821,"date":"2022-11-01T08:38:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=292821"},"modified":"2022-11-01T08:38:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T03:38:48","slug":"my-pace-is-same-as-pre-injury-shaheen-afridi-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/my-pace-is-same-as-pre-injury-shaheen-afridi-says\/","title":{"rendered":"My pace is same as pre-injury, Shaheen Afridi says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> PERTH<br \/>\nPakistan cricket team\u2019s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has said that it is never easy to make a comeback following an injury which has kept a player out of action for three months.<br \/>\nTalking to journalists on Sunday at ICC mixed zone following Pakistan\u2019s 6-wicket win over the Netherlands, Shaheen said that his pace is the same as what it used to be before the injury.<br \/>\nAfridi missed the Asia Cup and Pakistan\u2019s tour of Netherlands\u2019 earlier due to injury but made a comeback for the world cup after completing his rehabilitation in the UK.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is never easy for anyone to make a comeback after such an injury. I pray that it doesn\u2019t happen to anyone else; only the person who underwent the same injury can understand what I went through,\u201d Shaheen said.<br \/>\n\u201cI am trying to give my best in each game, your match fitness is different than routine physical fitness, and I am quickly regaining that too,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nShaheen revealed that staying away from the team due to injury and spending time in the UK during the rehab process was the most difficult time for him.<br \/>\n\u201cInitially, I wasn\u2019t even allowed to walk, it was a stressful time, but my teammates kept boosting my confidence,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cTwo weeks before coming to Australia for World Cup, I started bowling in indoor nets in the UK, and I opted to practice on a hard surface there as I knew that surface here would be hard too,\u201d Shaheen said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERTH Pakistan cricket team\u2019s fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has said that it is never easy to make a comeback following an injury which has kept a player out of action for three months. 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