With only three days to go for the start of the second Test against India, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar is down with a viral infection and has been taken to a local hospital for a check up.
Pakistan team media manager Ehsan Malik said that Akhtar has throat infection and fever.

"He has been taken to a local hospital for check-up," he said.

Malik said Pakistan middle order bat Misbah-ul Haq, who had a viral infection during the opening Test in Delhi, was fast improving.

About skipper Shoaib Malik, who had an ankle sprain, the media manger said, "We are hopeful he will be cured before the start of the Test match at the Eden Gardens." Malik, who arrived here this afternoon along with other members of the squad, was seen limping as he alighted from the team bus and entered the hotel.

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