Pakistan named 20/20 squad
Published:Friday | March 12, 2010 | 1:38 PM
Pakistan’s cricket selectors have announced a 15-member squad for next month\'s World 20/20 tournament in the West Indies but did not name a captain.
Chief selector Mohsin Khan says Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt will name the captain later.
The squad includes Shahid Afridi, Umar Akmal and Kamran Akmal, who were fined by the PCB on Wednesday for discipline violations during the team\'s tour of Australia.
Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved were not considered for selection after both were banned by the PCB for one year and fined two million rupees for unspecified discipline violations.
Afridi and the Akmal brothers are on probation for six months and the PCB said that the behavior of all three would be closely monitored.
Opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez and middle-order batsman Misbah-ul-Haq were recalled while 18-year-old all-rounder Hammad Azam was included after his performance in the under-19 World Cup in New Zealand.
Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif will form the three-man pace attack and will share the bowling duties with all-rounders Abdul Razzaq and Yasir Arafat.
Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka in the World 20/20 final in England last year.