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Azhar Ali nowhere in the squad for West Indies tour

LAHORE: Pakistan’s ODI captain Azhar Ali was dropped from the squad on Wednesday for the upcoming West Indies tour.

Chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq announced the 16-member One-Day International (ODI) team and 15-member Test and T20 squads in a press conference at Gaddafi Stadium.

“Azhar is a very good player. We wanted to give opportunity to the younger players to play the one-day matches,” Inzamam told journalists, hinting at the possibility to include the ODI skipper in champions’ trophy.

“It is possible that when we go to England to play the champions trophy… then we might give opportunity to the seniors,” he added.

When asked whether the squad was selected based on their fitness level, Inzamam responded saying “32 players had passed the fitness but we cannot select a 32-member team”.

ODI Squad

Ahmad Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Hafeez, Baber Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Asif Zakir, Sarfraz Ahmad (Captain/WK), Immad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Muhammad Amir, Fahim Ashraf, Junaid Khan, Muhammad Asghar

T-20 Squad

Ahmad Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Hafeez, Baber Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Sarfraz Ahmad (Captain/WK), Immad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Hassan Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Rumman Raees, Usman Khan Shinwari

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.