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Pakistan makes three changes to World Cup squad



KATHMANDU: Pakistan Cricket Board has unveiled the final 15-man squad for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019. In the list, PCB selectors named fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz in the list. The duo has come in place of fellow left-arm pacer Junaid Khan and all-rounder Faheem Ashraf.

In the other major change, middle-order batsman Asif Ali was named in place of Abid Ali. And leg-spinner Shadab Khan, who suffered a viral infection and was pulled from the series against England has recovered and retained his place in the final 15.

Squad: Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt,wk), Asif Ali, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Sohail, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Imam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnanin, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Wahab Riaz.

Publish Date : 20 May 2019 14:34 PM

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