Malik, Razzaq return in Pakistan T20 squadUmar Farooq
November 5, 2013
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Shoaib Malik and Abdul Razzaq have been recalled in Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad for the two-match series against South Africa in the UAE. The selectors left out Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Haris Sohail, Sarfraz Ahmed and Zulfiqar Babar from the squad that featured in the T20s against Zimbabwe.
Malik was part of the squad that played the solitary T20 match during the South Africa tour and played the Champions Trophy in England, but he was dropped from the team for the tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe. In August, he played in the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League and finished as the leading run-getter.
Razzaq, 33, was part of the T20 squad that featured in the World T20 in Sri Lanka last year, but hasn’t played for Pakistan in any format since then. Overall, Razzaq has played 30 T20s during which he has scored 383 runs at a strike rate of 119.68 and has taken 20 wickets.
Umar Akmal, who was added to the one-day squad in the UAE after missing out on the tour to Zimbabwe, has been added to the T20 squad and will take up the role of the wicketkeeper.
Squad: Mohammad Hafeez (capt), Nasir Jamshed, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Akmal (wk), Umar Amin, Shahid Afridi, Sohaib Maqsood, Abdul Razzaq, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Abdur Rehman
In: Shoaib Malik, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Akmal, Abdur Rehman
Out: Asad Ali, Anwar Ali, Harris Sohail, Zulfiqar Babar, Sarfraz Ahmed
