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Lahore, March 25: Opener Shahid Afridi and middle-order batsman Younis Khan were today dropped while leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was included for the historic three-Test series against India starting in Multan on Sunday. The 16-member squad announced by chief selector Wasim Bari retained off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq who was part of the 15-member one-day squad but did not play in any of the five matches of the series won by India 3-2 here last night.
Besides Afridi and Younis Khan, Rana-Naveed-ul Hasan was also left out as the selectors opted to go in for specialist bowlers in Kaneria and Umar Gul and middle-order batsmen Misbah-ul Haq and Asim Kamal. "We have given the team enough options for Test matches," Bari said. India are yet to win a Test match in Pakistan ever since their first tour of the country in 1978-79.
Squad (Agencies)
Published: Thursday, March 25, 2004
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