Pakistan’s Shaheen Afridi out of Big Bash League with knee injury

Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has picked up a knee injury ​in Australia’s Big Bash League and will return home for rehabilitation ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup starting in February, his team Brisbane Heat said ‌on Tuesday. Afridi, ‌25, suffered a ‌knee ⁠cartilage ​injury ‌fielding during Saturday’s win over Adelaide Strikers, Heat said in a statement. “After consulting with the Pakistan Cricket Board’s medical staff during the past ⁠24 hours, it was agreed that ‌Afridi would ... return ‍home for ‍further treatment,” it added.

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