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Junaid snubs county offers, concentrates on CT

Despite an inury, Junaid Khan was impressive in South Africa.

Despite an injury, Junaid Khan was impressive in South Africa.

By Muhammad Asif Khan

KARACHI: In the recent tour to South Africa, Pakistan’s batting line-up  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 has said that 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.” he added. The left arm fast bowler hurt his leg during the recently concluded tour of South Africa where he performed impressively.  Continue reading