Shoaib Akhtar , a former Pakistan bowler, has requested supporters to keep him in their prayers as he prepares for his last knee surgery in Australia, which has been delayed for several months.
According to a video message he uploaded on his official Shoab Akhtar Twitter website, he has been taking painkillers since December of last year since the operation was postponed by a few months.
The world’s fastest bowler, who has played 163 One-Day Internationals for Pakistan, said that he had undergone five major operations in the past, but they were all “worth it” since playing for Pakistan as a fast bowler meant a lot to him.
“But this is the suffering that I have to undergo,” he remarked, referring to his discomfort and the treatment. It will be an eight-hour partial knee replacement operation that I hope goes well, but I don’t look forward to.”
Akhtar, who has had a troubled international career, disclosed earlier this year in an interview with the Australian newspaper The Age that, in addition to nine procedures, he had undergone 62 jabs and 42 injections to his left knee.
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“The injuries became bone on bone in my knees. Imagine the pain I went through. Man, it was terrible. I used to fall asleep in an ice bath. There were many times that teammates would wake me up and say, ‘It’s four in the morning, get out and get in bed, ” he had stated.
