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Omar Gul to miss second Test
LAHORE : Pakistan suffered a setback on Friday when a back injury
forced seamer Umar Gul out of the 17-man squad for the
series-deciding third and final Test against India next week.
The 22-year-old right-arm bowler played a pivotal role in Pakistan
's nine-wicket triumph in the second Test with his man of the match
performance of 5-31 in the first innings.
Wicketkeeper Moin Khan, seamer Shabbir Ahmed and all-rounder Abdul
Razzaq were also ruled out from the third Test after they failed to
recover from injuries. Khan had a groin problem while Ahmed is
suffering from a shin injury. Razzaq has a side strain.
The 17-man squad will be trimmed down to 15 on Sunday -- two days
before the Test starts at Rawalpindi .
The selectors have brought in four seamers in rookie Rao Iftikhar
Anjum, Fazle Akbar, Abdul Rauf and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan. Chief
selector Wasim Bari admitted that he was concerned with the injuries
to the frontline players ahead of a crucial Test.
"But I am confident that the boys will put this behind them and
display the same standard of cricket that earned them victory in the
second Test," Bari said in a statement.
Squad: Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain), Taufeeq Umar, Imran Nazir, Imran
Farhat, Yasir Hameed, Yousuf Youhana, Asim Kamal, Misbah-ul-Haq,
Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami, Danish
Kaneria, Shoaib Malik, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Fazle Akbar, Abdul Rauf
and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan.
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