Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis feels Shoaib Akhtar should not have been dropped from the squad for the World Twenty20 Championship as he would have bowled well despite the skin infection that prompted the mercurial pacer's ouster. Shoaib was dropped from the squad after a medical panel of the board found that the fast bowler needed 10 to 12 days for recovery and treatment before they could carry out another re-examination in early June. He was replaced by pacer Rao Iftikhar Anjum in the squad on the insistence of coach Intikhab Alam, a decision that left even the selectors fuming.

"It is a sad episode and specially the way it was handled. I am unhappy because Shoaib could have been very useful for the team in the World Cup," Waqar said.

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