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This is an archive article published on March 26, 2004

Younis Khan axed from Test squad

Pakistan have dropped experienced middle-order batsman Younis Khan for the first Test against India starting in Multan on Sunday.The country...

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Pakistan have dropped experienced middle-order batsman Younis Khan for the first Test against India starting in Multan on Sunday.

The country8217;s national selectors on Thursday announced a 16-man squad with Younis, all-rounder Shahid Afridi and medium-pacer Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, left out after taking part in the one-day series, which India won 3-2 on Wednesday.

They have been replaced by batsmen Misbah-ul-Haq and Asim Kamal, medium-pacer Umar Gul and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria. Pakistan8217;s chief selector Wasim Bari said Younis, who has played 28 Tests and 101 one-day internationals, and Afridi had not been considered for the first test because of their inconsistent form in the one-day series.

The squad: Inzamam-ul-Haq captain, Yousuf Youhana, Taufeeq Umar, Imran Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Asim Kamal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Shabbir Ahmed, Umar Gul, Saqlain Mushtaq and Danish Kaneria.

 

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