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KOLKATA: The arrival of Shoaib Akhtar here on Monday night has breathed new life into Kolkata Knight Riders and its supporters. The Rawalpindi Express is all set to play a Knight Rider at the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 32-year-old controversial fast bowler was finally allowed to play in the IPL after an appellate tribunal suspended for a month his five-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He had been banned for violating the PCB code of conduct repeatedly. Are you playing Thursday's match against Bangalore Royal Challengers at Eden Gardens here? Well, I am all set to take the field. Even when I was undergoing so much tension in those miserable situations I didn't skip gym and nets for a single day. Coach John Buchanan wants to test my fitness before he can take a decision whether I will play on Thursday or not. What do you want? Of course I am dying to take to the grounds. I will be practising with the entire team at Eden this afternoon (Tuesday). Hon...

LAHORE - The Appellate Tribunal hearing the case of fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has suspended the controversial five-year ban on him for one month. The suspended sentence by the tribunal is meant to ensure that the bowler faces no legal problems in playing for Shahrukh Khan’s franchised Kolkatta Knight Riders in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. The disciplinary committee banned Akhtar over a number of serious disciplinary offences on April 1 but Akhtar got support from political functionaries who are against the policies of President Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf since the PCB chairman has been installed in the board by him. Besides, there have been intense public criticism of the board by those who wanted to level scores with the PCB. The latest controversy in Akhtar’s career started with his criticism of the PCB for not offering him a central contract at a time when he was serving a two-year probation period after he had hit fellow bowler Muhammad Asif with the bat before the Twenty2...