PCB Announced Captain Less Squad for the South Africa Tour

Friday, October 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am , filed under Tests by Mickey Danior

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced a captain less squad for the upcoming Twenty20 and ODI series against South Africa in UAE.

The team was announced by the Nadeem Sarwar not by the chief selector, Mohsin Khan. Board decided to give the rest for Kamran Akmal due to his medical illness. Zulqarnain Haider has replaced Kamran Akmal place in the squad.

Shoaib Malik did not get place in the squad. The middle order batsman, Misbah-ul-Haq has been given another opportunity in the place of the Shoaib Malik. Younus Khan was not selected for the national team.

Shahid Afridi, who led the Pakistan team in Twenty20 and ODI series against England, has been selected in the squad, but not nominated as captain. The team management was not happy with his captaincy. Coach, Waqar Younis and team manager, Yawar Saeed have submit a negative report about Shahid Afridi captaincy.

Imran Farhat has replaced Salman Butt in the opening slot and Azhar Ali and Umar Amin failed to get place in the squad.

Pakistan squad for the UAE series:

Imran Farhat, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Yousuf, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Fawad Alam, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Abdur Rehman, Shoaib Akhtar, Tanveer Ahmed, Zulqarnain Haider.

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