Good he is much better then Ehsan Adil. Play him instead.

Thank God, I did not waste my money to subscribe to this world cup's telecast.

another rubbish decision, why Rahat Ali and not Umar Gul or Mohammad Sami... Shame

@Taimur mohd. sami? whaat?? and umar gul has been below par since his return from injury. he has lost his sting.

can we really not do any thing to get Anwar Ali, Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali and Fawad Alam in ????

@shoaib You may have no clue what im talking about but Sami has class for Aus wickets also the Gul has experience both of them can bowl inswinging yorkers and good in Aus condition i hav played cricket 30 years as fast bowler out of which 5 years in Aus and very well know what i à am talking about. Current attack is like dead horse and we have seen enough of these faces

I ca assure you that it was Misbah who asked them to send Rahat Ali because he is Misbah's domestic team-mate.

Omg...this has to be the worst pak team ever What's wrong with sami/fawad/azhar Waqar younis is the main culprit, he dictate to misbah also Misbah retirement will be full of embrassment because of waqar decisions No match wimmers...I will not be watching

Anwar Ali was the best. choice. He is so economical. Has proven in d UAE

@nadeem qazi dharna de saktay hain

It was a 50-50 for me between him and Sohail Tanveer. Both just average. All the best anyway.

why doesn't the board listen to the coach (one of the best bowler)!!

Would have preferred Anwar Ali or Mohd Sami. Sami last played in Australia in the Sydney test, which we lost due to Kamran Akmal. His bowling in that series was actually quite decent.

wise decision this is....he is much better choice than tanvir, anwar ali & sami. I think rahat and irfan will do for Pakistan.

Anybody but Sohail Tanveer !

@anees zaidvi Well maybe he believes in his abilities. Even if your presumption is true, you haven't figured out the biggest mystery in the world. Its not a bad selection at all, I would say Mohammad Sami was much better but I suppose that's a lost topic now. Making pointless and negative statements about every player hardly helps.

What's that famous expression about remodeling the ballroom on the Titanic again?

Replacement should be genuine all rouder since we are struggling both with batting and spin bowling. Shoaib Malick or Fawad Alam deserve to be there.

Good choice. Better than Sohail Tanvir

at last something to cheer about.

@anees zaidvi Are we back on the conspiracy theory? s You don't know a thing other than the hear say. Do you mean anybody who is Misbah's friend must be left behind while other ruin the World Cup adventure? It is only an exercise in experience otherwise there is no reason to believe that our team will win any match against any of the five old test teams.

does not matter. Pakistan does not have any chances to win this World Cup. However Pakistan will qualify Quarter Final. Thats it.

Who should replace the injured Junaid Khan in Pakistan's World Cup squad? Sohail Tanvir Raza Hasan Imran Khan Shoaib Malik Vote View Results This is what our media knows. No mention of Rahat and Dawn is asking the public a question.

Rahat Ali is nippy big heart bowler who has done well on fast tracks of South Africa. He also scored few runs on test level, and has also developed good long handle. it is a good choice.

There can be no other better replacement than your senior most bowler, Gul Dozer. Rahat isn't a wicket taking bowler, and I'm not impressed with Sadaf. It's not their fault, they are just not groomed well for international level. They need to play some English county for a year or two. Mohammed Sami may be getting on with age, but his pace is unmatched in Pakistan right now and he could also have been useful. This world cup isn't for us Pakistanis. Pack your bags boys and don't waste any time by the Tele.

I was wonder why no one has commented yet the name of Fawad Alam in replacement of Junaid, as he is better bowler than Junaid LOL

In this team I think, Azhar Ali and Anwar Ali has been dropped for no reason, Anwar Ali should be in for ahsan Adil and Azhar Ali for Younis khan. Even Asad shafiq or Sami Aslam are better replacement for Hafeez

why he was not selected in first place ? and why junaid was selected ahead of him ? as junaid have not shown any improvement in last 3 years... barring one off performance he was mediocre/ below par in fact ... even Indian pacers were better rated than him...

Sane decision... provided the lot we have... I don't think Rahat is a bad choice. Tanvir can be handy but Rahat may have the element of surprise to opposition who have not played him before. Umer Gull is history, this is how PCB works if you have been constantly out of form and injury prone then no matter how many achievements you had, your furture is doomed. Over all our bowlers are well below par. PCB should take advice from Imran Khan on selection of bowlers and talent hunt as domestic cricket is not doing the trick. More time and investment is required to improve the level of domestic cricket otherwise the future looks bleak.

this guy must be recommended by some political personality. With these players most of which selected through a corrupt way,Pakistan can't even qualify for super 8...it's my guarantee

The most disturbing disclosure was Waqar Younis wanted Sohail Tanvir ... oh my God. I thought Waqar was a fighter and would go for a fighter player. Everyone know Sohail Tanvir is below average crickter. This shows the minset of manager which will prevail all over the world cup

this guy must be recommended by some political personality. With these players most of which selected through a corrupt way,Pakistan can't even qualify for super 8...it's my guarantee

@nadeem qazi No it is not possible you can replace only injured players after ICC approval

how weak is our batting...god help I say.

@Taimur bro, umar gul is not fit after his knee injury

Anwar ali could bat as well...so why not him?

I think this is a good decision and I have arguements for it: 1. Anwar Ali is economical, it builds pressure on the other team 2. He is not a wicket-taker, but his economy produce pressure 3. He can bat better than Junaid 4. He is an awesome fielder, as a substitue he always do well 5. He never misses a catch So I don't understand why people will have Fawad instead of Rahat Ali. He is a bowler, and we can't replace Junaid with Fawad. Bowler ko nikal ke batsman dalna hai aap logo ne?

Pak Cricket Fans should for an alternate Eleven from the remaining players who have not been selected, We may call it "Fans Eleven". I think the Fans Eleven will feature stronger than the Eleven that PCB selectors have chosen. My team for Fans Eleven. - Azhar, Kamran, fawad Alam, Shoaib Malik, Shazaib, Sami Aslam, Tabish, Umar Gul, Anwer Ali, Mohd Sami, Abdul Rehman,

good choice there was no other choice..rahat did well in test matches on dead uae wickets

Tanveer would have bowled better in death overs but Rahat is better option overall. He can bowl around 145 KPH and can move the ball both ways. In new fielding restrictions, bowling sides have to get wickets to keep run rate in check.

good decision finally. this guy, after his performance in UAE tests, should have been given few chances in odis. anyway, better late than never

Rahat Ali is better than Sohail Tanveer,Sami,Anwar Ali.

People are recklessly criticizing Rahat Ali here i guess. I saw him bowling in test matchesm he bowled beautifully with new ball and was even better at reverse swinging with decent pace. He is pretty suited to condition of NZ & AUS. Those arguing about Yasir arafat, Razzaq other oldies, to be honest they don't have pace and accuracy anymore to perform at this level. Sohail tanvir could have been alternate choice for his variations and unique bowling action but he is not as good as Rahat Ali when it comes to reverse swing. Sohail Tanvir is more like t20 bowler.

@nadeem qazi. why would you take such overrated names. esp since a.ali is an exceptionally ordinary cricketer.

General Rabeel, your say on the selection please. Can you also get Ehsan Adil replaced by Sohail Tanvir please?

Listen folks... Anwar, tanvir, sohail khan, Adil, rahat, Sami, bhatti etc., they all Are mediocre ( non match winning non economical). That's the talent in the country! Accept it. Maybe Aamir will become savior!!!:)

@Muneeb injured Gul is better than dead HORSE Rahat Ali and by the way Gulbis not injured its the selectors who think he is not good enough. Mohammad Sami wiuld have been much better choice. He knows what works in Aus and Pakistan does not have anyone bowls faster than he does....

Good decision finally by the pcb.Rahat ali is a fine bowler.he bowled well in test matches.hope insha allah he will do even more better at aussie pitches.

Rahat Ali is a good bowler but PCB as always has to do the things in their own peculiar way. (1) Rahat Ali wasn't in the squad of 30, yet he makes it to the final squad (2) Sohail Tanveer was chosen among the 4 reserve players to replace any one injured but Rahat comes from no where. Anyhow not a bad choice as Rahat can move the ball both ways. Now lets see, if any of the two Ehsan and Sohail Khan get injured and require a replacement too.

Shoaib Malik or Fawad Alam should have been the best replacement for Junaid khan .,but nevertheless Rahat Ali is not too bad as well. We have seen him bowling on dead pitches in UAE bowled really well. All my dear brothers who is commenting now time has gone to Criticize. Now its time to pray and the coaches should encourage and build the confidence of the players .

The role of the coach has ended, the decision must have been taken by the captain and coach combined. Misbah doesn't like Sohail Tanvir or Anwar Ali and Waqar Younus doesn't like Fawad Alam and Abdul Razzak. After every match we will continue to hear Misbah say we need to improve our batting, bowling and fielding. He blame everyone else except himself. It is so embarrassing that I shut my TV when he comes to talk.

Rahat is not a bad choice in the given situation. He did okay in the last 2 test series in UAE, has adequate pace and experience to hold one end up. He is not going to win us the world cup but will put an honest day of work, when given an opportunity.

And Shoaib Malik for Abdul Hafeez!

We dont have many good choices but I like Rahat because in UAE recently on dead wickets he bowled well and infact I saw him bringing balls back into roght handers an asset for a left armer and it distniguishes him from Irfan and Wahab. As for Shoail tanveer and Smai they have a lot of experience but it is experience of inconsistent performance and wicketless overs. Umar gul is just not fully fit and is also out of form. Good Luck Pakistan they need a lot of it.

it is a good decision keeping in view the available choices. the only injustice that remains now was ignoring fawad alam and giving u.akmal a chance despite his repeated failures..

also adil replce with sami for world cup.

also adil replce with sami for world cup.

Final nail in the coffin.

Good decision, I've been advocating for him from day one, he should have been choice before ehsan and sohail

After selecting Ehasn Adil and Bilawal Bhatti,Another Misbah favorite, What a disaster.So unfortunate with Pak Cricket. We need miracle for sure. Thank god i did not subscribe the telecast.

Rahat is a better choice than Tanvir. Tanvir is a tried, tested and failed bowler. Has a 35+ bowling avg? I would love to know why waqar favors him. Still this WC looks like a disaster in the making. Can't wait until WC is over and PCB is forced to play the younger guys on merit and force Hafeez,Younis,Misbah,Afridi,Tanvir,Malik,Ajmal to retire.

We should send our women's team instead.

While we are making all the experiments, lets have Hamza Shahbaz and Nawaz Sharif open for Pakistan, Bilawal as one-down. It will be mush more enjoyable game for sure.

Get rid of Bilawal, Ehsan and Younis and bring Sohail Tanveer, Shoaib Malik, and Fawad Alaam. Patch this sinking ship that is our world cup squad.

It seems that Bangladesh will win first one day in 20 years against Pakistan. Thanks to parchi 11 selected by Misbah & Co.

Okay guys! relax! all is not bad with Pakistan XI. Other teams are also facing some sort of fitness problems. My guts say Pakistan will surprise us by winning the cup. Inshallah!

i think we need a bowler not allrounder, we have two allrounders we need a genuine bowler. Iam sure people who criticizing the selection must have criticizes Inzy selection in 1992 world cup but rest is the history, just chill if best team wins world cup then south Africa should have won long time ago. Just take it easy ppl

@Taimur m why don't you go there man at least someone will be experienced and 30 years is great

Welcome to the club.

Excellent decision , guy can swing and seam and has the built unlike Bhatti who has nothing . He will e leading wkt taker for Pakistan in this WC inshallah

@Concerned citizen - Sadaf Hussain is an exceptional talent. Just look at his stats on cricinfo. His bowling average in List A (50 overs) is 18, while Rahat Ali's bowling average is 37. More than double.

This selection raises so many questions in ones mind The final straw what with not selecting Afawad Alam and selectiing Ehsan Adil Are the selectors just dumb, incompetent, naive or want to make sure that Pakistan does not go even to the quarter final stage Do they even watch the palyers play who they select in their wisdom What are their selection criteria discrimination, hyprocisy neoptism sifarisj and parchi Do they feel any obligation and integrity to their jobs and to the nations expectataions Why dot they select Fawad Alam inspite of his stellar performance and terrific form dont they think that the much touted Sadaf and Sami Alam or hammad azam derved more than some of those they have selected If Sohail Khan is so good and hot why hasnt been playing in the preparotary matches Do they have enough brain cells to remember Abdul Razzak and imran Nazir but the this is Paistan I dont expect Paistan to even go to the quarter final stage buut wish them the ebst of luck (what they need) and hope for surprises

I would like to see pak victory on Feb 15, that's all l don't care if they loose to any other team afterwards

As PCB knows that this world cup will not be good for Pak. so they are making the worst team ever. including Players based on relationship (parchee) so that the match fees 60% goes to player and 40% goes to them as tax. same as consulting firm which take major portion for themselves.

@Shahid Akbar, New York Keep dreaming but you will realise the mistake in just two week time

Pakistan's first 2 practice matches will tell all of what is to come. If Bangladesh manage to score 260 plus, rest assured others will score around 300 and possibly a lot more. As regards batting, if we score about 250 against England, getting past 200 may prove difficult against the top 2 teams. My prediction against Pak-India match is, if India bat first, they will score 290 odd and Pak will reply with 245 all out. If we bat first, we will get 260 and India will win by 5 wickets in the 48th over. With this current team, our only hope is that they decide from game one that they are going to lose anyway, so play without fear of losing. With that attitude, if even 2 or 3 batsmen click, it could be enough to win the game. Let's look at the bright side of having a real bad team. It spares you the heartache of losing, for we will have had two weeks to adjust to it. And whatever happened to that " Pakistan is a fast bowlers factory" label the world gave us 10 years ago. Genius was the man who came up with the saying " The good old days" --- The best always seems to be in the past.

Most probably this was decided by toss of the coin between Rahat and Tanveer as the management could not decide whom to choose. Moreover, the name also matters, Rahat may provide more 'RAHAT' to the Pakistani team which actually settled the issue.