 |  If it was proved some players did fake their injuries, they will be taken to task |
Shoaib Akhtar hopes evidence he has presented to a Pakistan medical commission will clear his name in the team's ongoing injury inquiry.
Shoaib said a scan report revealing a "slight injury of the 11th rib" had vindicated his decision to stop bowling in the Rawalpindi Test against India.
The cricket board set up the commission to investigate the paceman and four other injured Pakistan players.
Shoaib said: "I have made my statement, and it is for them to decide."
He told BBC Hindi the injury "has since healed, partially [and I have been] resting for the past fortnight".
BBC Hindi also spoke to the chairman of the commission, Dr MA Wajid, who refused to confirm Shoaib's claims.
Wajid said: "There were several views in the commission on Shoaib's injury."
Shoaib, Moin Khan and Abdul Razzaq underwent a series of tests in Lahore on Wednesday, with Shabbir Ahmed and Umar Gul due to be checked at a later date.
 Imran Khan is vehemently opposed to the PCB's medical commission |
Pakistan great, the former captain Imran Khan, launched a stinging broadside at the PCB for creating the commission.
"Nowhere in the world has a medical inquiry of fast bowlers ever been conducted," Imran said.
"By doing so, the PCB has made a mockery of Pakistan cricket. The PCB is sidetracking from the main reasons why Pakistan lost the series."
Shoaib reacted strongly to accusations his back injury was not genuine - skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq was particularly vociferous - despite the fact he clubbed 28 runs off 14 balls after hurting himself.
"You need the whole body to be perfect when you bowl - it is different when you are batting. I am surprised how someone can think I was not badly injured," he said after India wrapped up the series 2-1 with an innings win in Rawalpindi.
The medical commission is expected to submit its report to the Pakistan Cricket Board by next week.
If found guilty, Shoaib could face a ban and a fine.
But PCB chief Rameez Raja said: "The commission has not been constituted to find a scapegoat and punish him.
"It has been constituted to find why so many players got injured and what can be done in future to prevent so many injuries.
"The other objective is to help the players get their names cleared from the general perception that they faked their injuries, if they were genuinely injured.
"But while saying this, I must make myself very clear that if it was proved some players did fake their injuries, they will be taken to task."
MMIX
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