Yasir, Rehman leave for India today

Published October 19, 2006

LAHORE, Oct 18: All-rounder Yasir Arafat and leg-spinner Abdul Rehman depart for India on Thursday to join the Pakistan cricket team participating in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.

Both the players have been selected after exclusion of pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammed Asif from the team.

Yasir was selected, despite his name was not included in the preliminary list of 30 probables provided to the ICC for the event.

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