The injuries that ruled out fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have had one positive spin off for Pakistan ahead of the World Cup.Akhtar and Asif were deemed unfit for the World Cup in the hours before the team left for the Caribbean on Thursday.Akhtar,also known as "Rawalpindi Express" because of his sheer pace,has a knee problem and Asif was struggling with an injured shoulder.
There are reports that Pakistan board have secretly done dope tests on Akhtar and Asif which they have failed and they are purposefully not sending them to West Indies, though the board has said that these are just baseless rumours.
It's not an ideal situation for us," Inzamam said. "We are going there under intense pressure, but in the past we have played in such situations with tremendous team spirit and we can achieve best results even without our key players."
Coach Bob Woolmer said the absence of three frontline bowlers was a major disruption for his Pakistan squad.
While the bowling department has given Inzamam a headache, he is also yet to find the right two opening batsmen in the shorter version of the game.Imran Farhat, Salman Butt, Yasir Hameed and Taufeeq Umar all were described by chief selector Wasim Bari as "not technically correct opening batsmen."While the middle order looks strong where Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan can match the brilliance of any batsmen competing in the tournament.
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