Pakistan's head coach Dav whatmore has requested the inclusion of former T20 captain Misbah-ul-haq in the squad, Whatmore who is currently in Sri Lanka for the on-going 2nd test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan asked the selection committee to consider him again for the shortest format of the game.
"Whatmore has requested the selectors from Sri Lanka to include Misbah's name in the T20 World Cup preliminary squad that has to be sent to the ICC this week," a source close to the PCB had said however another had claimed that "the selectors are not keen on having Misbah back in the T20 format and have informed Whatmore about this."
Before the tour of Sri Lanka Mohammed Hafeez was initially named the new T20 Captain and Misbah was dropped from the side. He was disappointed with the axe but hoped to continue playing T20's.
Meanwhile wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has once again been called upon by the PCB's integrity committee today in order to be cleared for national selection thus leaving his name out of the probables, KheloPakistan understands that Akmal is likely to be considered if his hearing comes out positive for himself and he is cleared of any wrong doing.
The list released by the selectors of the PCB which was given to the board's chairman Zaka ashraf for approval will be verified when sent to the ICC on July 11th. The T20 World cup will be in Sri Lanka beginning in September and ending in October this year.
The complete 30 man who are likely to be included in the squad:
1) Ahmed shehzad
2) Imran Farhat
3) Imran Nazir
4) Mohammed Hafeez
5) Nasir Jamshed
6) Shahzaib Hasan
7) Awais Zia
8) Azhar Ali
9) Sharjeel Khan
10) Asad Shafiq
11) Ramiz Raja (Jnr)
12) Shoaib Malik
13) Umar Akmal
14) Haris Sohail
15) Shahid Afridi
16) Hammad Azam
17) Abdul Razzaq
18) Sohail Tanvir
19) Shakeel Ansar
20) Sarfraz Ahmed
21) Wahab Riaz
22) Anwar Ali
23) Yasir Arafat
24) Umar Gul
25) Aizaz Cheema
26) Junaid Khan
27) Mohammed Sami
28) Saeed Ajmal
29) Abdur Rehman
30) Raza Hasan
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