Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar, who was admitted to a local private hospital with a chest infection is feeling better, the team management said on Wednesday.
Shoaib Akhtar, who was running high temperature, was diagnosed with chest infection, team media manager Ehsan Malik said on Tuesday evening.
The Pakistan pace bowlers have returned negative results for last week's out-of-competition drugs tests.
Pakistan team's media manager Ehsan Malik said there is no truth in reports that the middle order batsman refused to lead the team for the Bangalore Test, beginning Saturday.
"He has been taken to the doctor to know the extent of the injury," the team's media manager Ehsan Malik told Reuters.
Iftikhar will fly out on Wednesday to join the team for the last three ODIs.
Pakistan's high-profile cricket tour of India will continue as scheduled despite the imposition of emergency in that country.
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ruled out of action for two weeks with a hamstring injury and will take no further part in the Test series in South Africa, an official said on Monday.
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