Pakistan cricketer Abid Ali hospitalised after pain in chest

Abid
twice
complained
of
chest
pain
while
batting
for
Central
Punjab
against
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
in
the
Quaid-e-Azam
trophy
match
after
which
his
team
manager,
Ashraf
Ali,
decided
to
rush
him
to
hospital
for
medical
attention
and
tests.

Acute
coronary
syndrome
refers
to
a
range
of
conditions
associated
with
sudden,
reduced
blood
flow
to
the
heart.

“He
(Abid)
was
taken
immediately
to
a
cardiac
hospital
where
he
was
diagnosed
as
a
case
of
acute
coronary
syndrome.
He
is
under
the
care
of
the
consultant
cardiologist
who
is
liaising
with
the
PCB
medical
team
regarding
further
treatment,”
Pakistan
Cricket
Board
said
in
a
statement.

“He
is
currently
stable.
It
is
requested
to
respect
his
and
the
family’s
privacy
at
this
time.”

The
PCB
said
Abid
had
been
taken
to
the
hospital
after
he
complained
of
chest
pain
and
uneasiness
in
his
shoulder
while
batting.

A
reliable
source
in
the
Board
said
Abid
has
done
all
precautionary
medical
tests
and
all
his
“initial
reports
were
clear”
but
the
doctors
had
kept
him
under
observation.
He
said
that
the
cricketer
was
“feeling
better”
and
not
experiencing
any
pain
anymore.

Abid,
who
had
completed
his
9000
runs
in
first
class
cricket
while
batting
against
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa,
joined
Central
Punjab
after
having
an
impressive
Test
tour
of
Bangladesh
recently.

“He
was
batting
on
61
this
morning
when
he
complained
about
having
chest
pain
twice
and
we
felt
it
was
best
to
send
him
to
hospital
where
he
is
presently
under
observation
and
undergoing
some
more
tests,”
the
manager
of
the
Central
Punjab
team
Ashraf
Ali
said.

The
Lahore-based
opener
has
scored
hundreds
in
his
debut
ODI
and
Test
match.