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.
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