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Pakistan has lost Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif due to injuries. The news of this comes just before the departure of the Pakistan World Cup Squad to the Caribbean on Thursday.
With the withdrawal of Akhtar and Asif, opportunities have come to fast bowler, Mohammad Sami and all rounder, Yasir Arafat. Shoaib Akhtar is suffering from a knee and a hamstring injury while Mohammad Asif is having an elbow problem that had kept him out of the test series against England. Both these bowlers who had their drug bans lifted by the PCB were due for doping tests before they left for the West Indies. But it is injury that has now saved them from testing positive for Nandrolone.
Pakistan team has been weakened by the absence of Akhtar and Asif which has been clearly admitted by Inzamam and Bob Woolmer. All rounder Abdul Razzaq was ruled out a couple of days back due to an ankle injury.