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Pakistan pick wounded trio

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Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Umar Gul have all been named in Pakistan’s 15-man squad for the World Cup despite ongoing injury concerns.

Shoaib has been suffering with a knee injury, Asif has an elbow problem, while Gul has been sidelined with an ankle injury.

None of them are certain to be fit for the tournament which starts next month.

Squad:

Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt)
Younis Khan
Imran Nazir
Kamran Akmal
Mohammad Yousuf
Shoaib Malik
Abdul Razzaq
Mohammad Asif
Shoaib Akhtar
Umar Gul
Danish Kaneria
Mohammad Hafeez
Shahid Afridi
Naved-ul-Hasan
Iftikhar Anjum.

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