"He is a fighter and I can tell you his career is not over as yet. There is lot of cricket after the World Cup and I am confident he will make a comeback," Akram said.
Akram, a former Test pacer, said that Ajmal was back to working with Saqlain Mushtaq on his bowling action and in present circumstances he could take the biomechanic test in two weeks time.
Just last week it was confirmed that Saeed was withdrawn from the World Cup squad as he required more time to improve his bowling action.
PCB decided against sending him to Chennai last week for the unofficial test that Muhammad Hafeez has taken.
Akram felt that Hafeez would be able to make it to the team for the World Cup.
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