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Lahore, Sep 15 (CRICKETNMORE):  <\/strong>Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, who completed the period of his six-month ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for failing to report approaches by bookies linked to spot-fixing, is now eyeing to make his comeback in the T20 International series against Sri Lanka next month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I am eyeing to be part of the Sri Lanka series where the last T20 match will be played in Lahore," the left-arm pacer was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper following the completion of his ban on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The 7'1''-tall pacer was initially suspended for one year and fined $1,000 following the investigations into the spot-fixing allegations in the second edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The 35-year-old also had his central contract suspended for a period of six months.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

However, he was told that his playing ban could get shortened to six months if he adheres to the suspension`s guidelines, which he has successfully managed, making him free to resume his career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Expressing his disappointment at missing out on the ongoing Independence Cup involving Pakistan and the Faf du Plessis-led World XI side, Irfan said: "I was very unlucky to have the ban at a time when international cricket was returning home and was not able to be a part of the historic match."<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"Being a cricketer knowing that you cannot play cricket hurts badly. When a player is banned for which he has worked hard all his life, it really hurts especially when you see your dream match happening in front of you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

"I always has a dream to play international match at my home ground in front of Pakistani fans and I am sad that when all this is happening I am not able to be part of the match," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Commenting on the official announcement of the end of his ban, he said: "As every official of PCB is busy in the World XI series, I will be contacting them over phone and then they will give me time to meet and for the official letter after which I will be able to play cricket."<\/p>\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/mohammad-irfan5.jpg", "alt_img": "Pakistani pacer Mohammad Irfan eyeing Sri Lanka T20I series for comeback", "alt_title": "Pakistani pacer Mohammad Irfan", "image1": "", "video": "", "seo_title": "Pakistani pacer Mohammad Irfan eyeing Sri Lanka T20I series for comeback", "seo_desc": "Fast bowler Mohammad Irfan, who completed the period of his six-month ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for failing", "seo_keywords": "Mohammad Irfan, Pakistan Cricket Team", "tag": "", "tagging": "", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "0", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": "0", "slug": "pakistani-pacer-mohammad-irfan-eyeing-sri-lanka-t20i-series-for-comeback", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": "0000-00-00", "ians_time": "00:00:00", "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "trash": "0", "view_count": "1718", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "0", "auto_link": "0", "created": "2017-09-15 17:36:00", "updated": "2017-09-15 17:36:00", "img_from": "", "img_source": "", "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00", "news_keywords": null, "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "0", "google_feed": "0", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "1", "jio_date": "2017-09-15 17:36:00", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "0", "google_date": "2017-09-15 17:36:00", "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/pakistani-pacer-mohammad-irfan-eyeing-sri-lanka-t20i-series-for-comeback-30627" }