Mohsin Naqvi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), is angry over the manner the board’s representatives have handled the injury suffered by young fast bowler Ihsanullah, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said on Thursday.
Ihsanullah, 21, made a significant impression with his pace in the Pakistan Super League last year. He then made his debut in two ODIs played at home against New Zealand and three T20 matches against Afghanistan in Sharjah. However, he had an elbow injury during the New Zealand series, which prevented him from competing in the Asia Cup and World Cup.
Sadly, the bowler’s full recovery is still not complete due to a misdiagnosis of his condition and a poorly executed operation in Lahore.
A PCB insider claims to local media that a senior physician on the board’s medical panel made the original diagnosis, which resulted in time being lost attempting to heal him without surgery.
Following a failed surgery at a private hospital in Lahore, medical professionals at his PSL team, Multan Sultan, determined he needed to see a specialist in the UK.
The PCB has now granted franchise owner Ali Tareen permission to send Ihsanullah to London for additional consultation, but this has infuriated Naqvi, who feels that board members and the medical panel should have been in charge of providing the fast bowler with proper treatment.
When the news was made public and Mohsin Naqvi learned about it, he became extremely unhappy. There’s a good chance that a few of the authorities overseeing Ehsan’s care won’t have a job for very long,” the reports stated.
