Pakistan have dropped senior batsman Younus Khan from the list of 30-man provisional squad announced for this year's ICC Champions Trophy on Sunday.
Younus, 35, was the only surprise omission and the decision probably signals the end of his one-day international career which has spanned 253 matches.
The former captain struggled in the recent one-day series in South Africa and has been out of form in this format of the game since last year.Pakistan is in group B of the event to be held in England from June 3-23. The other teams in their group are arch-rivals India, the West Indies and South Africa.
Defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England form group A. All teams had April 6 as the cut off date to announce their initial squad to be trimmed to 15 in May.
Squad: Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Ahmed Shahzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Asaf Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umer Amin, Sohail Tanvir, Hammad Azam, Azhar Ali, Shahid Afridi, Asad Ali, Anwer Ali, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil, Imran Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Yasir Arafat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Zulfiqar Babar, Kamran Akmal, M. Rizwan.
Younus, 35, was the only surprise omission and the decision probably signals the end of his one-day international career which has spanned 253 matches.
The former captain struggled in the recent one-day series in South Africa and has been out of form in this format of the game since last year.Pakistan is in group B of the event to be held in England from June 3-23. The other teams in their group are arch-rivals India, the West Indies and South Africa.
Defending champions Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England form group A. All teams had April 6 as the cut off date to announce their initial squad to be trimmed to 15 in May.
Squad: Nasir Jamshed, Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Ahmed Shahzad, Misbah-ul-Haq, Haris Sohail, Asaf Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Umer Amin, Sohail Tanvir, Hammad Azam, Azhar Ali, Shahid Afridi, Asad Ali, Anwer Ali, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Umar Gul, Rahat Ali, Ehsan Adil, Imran Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Yasir Arafat, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Zulfiqar Babar, Kamran Akmal, M. Rizwan.
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