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    ICC World Glass 2019: Pakistan incorporate Asif, Amir, Wahab in definite World Container squad

    Lahore: Lamenting dad Asif Ali, whose 18-month-old little girl kicked the bucket at the end of the week, fit-again Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were altogether included Monday in Pakistan's last 15-man squad for the World Glass.

    Asif, whose little girl Noor Fatima had been experiencing malignancy treatment in the US before her passing on Sunday, is set to rejoin the World Glass squad after her memorial service in Lahore, boss selector Inzaman-ul-Haq said at a public interview the eastern Pakistani city.

    ICC World Glass 2019: Pakistan incorporate Asif, Amir, Wahab in definite World Container squad
    Pakistan Squad for World Cup 2019


    "We are with Asif in this extreme time. He will come back to Pakistan and after that return before the warm-up matches," he said.

    Lead Amir was let well enough alone for the starter squad after a keep running of poor structure, however was incorporated into the last rundown in spite of not playing in the last four one-day internationals against Britain because of chicken pox.

    Pakistan lost the five-coordinate arrangement 4-0 on Sunday with the main match washed out because of downpour.

    Pakistan selectors were compelled to review another left-arm paceman, Riaz, after their bowling surrendered more than 350 in every one of the four matches against Britain.

    Haq said Riaz was being given an opportunity because of his experience.

    "We felt that amid the Britain arrangement we needed involvement in our bowling and that is the reason we have included Riaz in the squad," he said.

    The 33-year-old Riaz, a veteran of two World Mugs in 2011 and 2015, played the remainder of 79 ODIs against India in the Bosses Trophy in the UK two years back.

    There were heartbreaks for quick bowler Junaid Khan, all-rounder Faheem Ashraf and opener Abid Ali, who were altogether incorporated into the fundamental squad yet neglected to achieve the last 15.

    For Junaid the news was especially irking after he had just been closed out of playing in a World Container twice: however he made the squad in 2011 he didn't play, and he needed to pull back in 2015 because of damage.

    Leg-spinner Shadab Khan likewise recouped from a blood infection and will join the squad.

    Pakistan World Glass squad: Sarfraz Ahmed (chief), Fakhar Zaman, Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Haris Sohail, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Shah Afridi.