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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced squad for Asia Cup on Thursday. Shoaib Akhtar and Shoaib Malik have also been included in the 15-member squad. Chief selector Muhsan Hassan Khan announced the team in Qaddafi Stadium Lahore. Shahid Afridi will lead the team. The players include Shahid Afridi (capt), Salman Butt (vice capt), Imran Farhat, Shahzaib Hasan, Umar Akmal, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Umar Amin, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman. Fawwad Alam, Azhar Ali, Muhammad Irfan and Zulfiqar Babar are taken as reserve players. Chief selector said that team for England tour will be announced on June 20. Both Akhtar and Malik passed fitness tests and hence were included in the squad and it's a balanced squad, PCB chairman Ijaz Butt told reporters.
