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‘I will be fit for ICC World T20,’ says Australian captain Aaron Finch

SYDNEY: Australia captain Aaron Finch on Monday predicted he would be fit for next month’s ICC World Twenty20 competition, after officials said a hamstring injury would not require surgery.

The 29-year-old hurt his left leg running between wickets during a match against India on Friday, eventually limping off the field after being run out.

“Aaron had scans on his injured left hamstring that confirmed a moderate grade hamstring injury,” sports medicine manager Alex Kountouris said.

“Although this current injury doesn’t require surgery there is a period of rehabilitation required before he can resume playing.” Finch is set to miss the one-day series in New Zealand which begins on Wednesday, but Kountouris said it was not a recurrence of an old hamstring injury which needed surgery in 2015.

“We are aiming to have Aaron fit for the ICC World T20 in India but will have a better idea about his fitness for that tournament in the coming weeks once we see how he responds to treatment and a rehabilitation programme,” he said.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.