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Umar Gul has been ruled out of the next two One Dayers owing to a back problem he had developed. Medium pacer Iftikhar Anjum has been called up to replace Gul on the request of the Team Management. Pakistan have been troubled with injuries to their players throughout the series and they had already lost Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi. Umar Gul had more than a decent outing at Lahore. The tall lanky bowler had used the seaming conditions to perfection but was denied wickets by Sachin Tendulkar’s brilliant resistance to survive. Gul had bowled well conceding 42 runs and taking the wicket of Mohammad Kaif at a crucial juncture of the match. However Pakistan couldn’t stop Yuvraj and Dhoni from winning the match for India.
Iftikhar Anjum had played 12 ODIs after debuting in the Paktel Cup in 2004. He has had moderate success in the opportunities he had got taking a best of 2/67. The 26 year old Rao Iftikhar bowls fast medium and he had last played for Pakistan during the tour of West Indies. Pakistan are in a must win situation at Multan tomorrow to have any chance of winning the Hutch Cup.
Pakistan Squad for the last two ODIs : Salman Butt, Imran Farhat , Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan (Vice Captain), Inzamam Ul Haq (Captain), Mohammad Yousuf , Faisal Iqbal, Kamran Akmal (Wicket Keeper), Abdul Razzaq, Shoaib Akhtar, Naved ul Hasan, Arshad Khan, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Sami, Iftikhar Anjum