The Pakistan national selectors have shown their intent on building a new limited overs team by dropping senior players — Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq and Younis Khan — for the forthcoming One-day series in the West Indies.Experienced pace bowler Umar Gul will also not be a part of the team for the tour as he has opted to take a break.In a major move, the selectors have inducted number of uncapped players in the touring side including wicketkeeper, Mohammad Salman, batsman Usman Salahuddin, allrounder Hammad Azam and fast bowler Aizaz Cheema. Junaid Khan, the left-arm pacer, who replaced the injured Sohail Tanvir in the World Cup squad but did not get a chance to play any match during the tournament, has also beenretained for the West Indies series, making it a total of five uncapped players in the side.Chief selector Mohsin Khan said that the idea is to use this tour to try out some promising youngsters and see how they adjust to international cricket. He also said the seniors who had not been selected for the upcoming One-day series were still very much in the scheme of things and would be in contention for the two Tests against the Windies. The Pakistan Cricket Board had delayed the announcement of the squad for a day as according to sources there was pressure on the selectors to retain Kamran in the One-dayside.Shortly after the team returned from India after losing the World Cup semi-final to the hosts, Shahid Afridi who has been retained as captain had indicated that it was time to tryout some new players. The Pakistan ODI squad: Shahid Afridi (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Ahmed Shehzad, Taufiq Umar, Usman Salahuddin, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Aizaz Cheema, Mohammad Salman.
News On AIR | April 6, 2011 9:50 PM
Pak building new limited overs team