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Pakistan drop Sami, Rana for 2nd Test

January 20, 2006 21:40 IST

Pakistan have decided to make two changes in their squad for the second Test against India [ Images ] starting in Faisalabad at the Iqbal Stadium on Saturday.

Team sources said Mohammad Asif [ Images ] and Abdul Razzaq [ Images ] would replace Mohammad Sami [ Images ] and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.

Asif, a 24-year-old seamer, has played just one Test against Australia [ Images ] at Sydney [ Images ] where he went wicketless conceding 72 runs from 16 overs.

However, Asif has bounced back well from that Australian tour and had a match haul of 10 wickets against England [ Images ] in a three-day game.

In his debut one-day game against England at Rawalpindi, Asif bagged two for 14, including the scalp of England captain Marcus Trescothick [ Images ].

Abdul Razzaq, who has taken 67 wickets in 37 Tests, played his last Test against the West Indies [ Images ] at Sabina Park seven months ago.

He was sidelined for five months because of tennis elbow but returned for the one-day series against England.

Before India arrived on its second tour in three years, Razzaq was hospitalised because of chest infection and high fever.

Samiul Hasan
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