LAHORE, March 10 (AFP): Pakistan have dropped fast bowler Mohammad Sami from the 17-man one-day squad for their Sri Lanka tour starting next week, chief selector Wasim Bari said Friday. Another frontline pacer, Shaoib Akhtar, was earlier ruled out of the tour as he has been recuperating from surgery on both knees last week. Veteran off-spinner Arshad Khan was also left out to make room for two uncapped players, off-spinning allrounder Tahir Khan and left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman. Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq (capt), Salman Butt, Imran Farhat, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Faisal Iqbal, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Danish Kaneria, Rana Naved- ul-Hasan, Mohammad Asif, Rao Iftikhar, Abdul Rehman, Tahir Khan, Umar Gul. Coach: Bob Woolmer. Manager: Zaheer Abbas.
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