Misbah-ul-haq wanted Shahid Afridi for India tour

Agencies : Karachi, Tue Dec 11 2012, 10:18 hrs

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"In Razzaq's case it appears as if he has been punished for having made the public comments about Hafeez's captaincy after the team returned from Sri Lanka," the source said.

But a source close to the selectors said the idea behind dropping Razzaq was to start grooming a younger player for the future.

"That is why Asad Ali has been chosen as he is a good medium pacer and capable batsman and performed well in the recent national T20 championship taking 15 wickets."

Asad also hails from Faisalabad the hometown of both the national captains, Hafeez and Misbah.

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