Kamran Akmal out, Umar Akmal in for ICC Champions Trophy
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LAHORE: Pakistan opener Kamran Akmal is set to face a mattock for a arriving ICC Champions Trophy after his bad display in a West Indies, with a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) preference committee, headed by arch selector Inzamamul Haq, formulation to move in former ODI skipper Azhar Ali to line adult alongside opener Ahmad Shahzad for a mega event.
Selectors gave a 35-year-old former wicketkeeper another possibility to infer his eagerness in a general locus following good performances in a domestic first-class deteriorate and a recently-concluded Pakistan Super League.
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However, a gloomy display in a ODI array opposite a West Indies where he purebred scores of 47, 21 and zilch in a 3 matches he played, has forced a selectors to cruise dropping him for a prestigious Jun 1-18 event.
On a other hand, Kamran’s brother, Umar Akmal, who missed a West Indies debate since of bad fitness, is in line to be enclosed in a ICC Champions Trophy patrol with Asif Zakir approaching to make for a 26-year-old.
Inzamam, meanwhile, suggested that a preference cabinet is formulation to observe a players in a few some-more matches of a ongoing domestic one-day tournament, a Pakistan Cup, before announcing a final patrol for a Champions Trophy.
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“We are formulation to wait a few some-more days before announcing a final patrol for a Champions Trophy as we wish to observe some players’ performances in a ongoing domestic one-day cup. Aamer Yamin and a few others players are behaving good in this crater and it will be astray on them if we announced a group early. Apr 25 is a final day to contention a final patrol to a ICC and we will announce a patrol before that,” pronounced Inzamam.
Preliminary squad
Ahmed Shehzad, Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhar Zaman, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Sarfraz Ahmed (captain), Fahim Ashraf/Aamir Yamin, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz,, Junaid Khan, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan.
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