KINGSTON, March 15: The ICC picked Pakistan fast bowlers Umar Gul and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for random dope tests after the opening match of the World Cup against West Indies at Sabina Park on Tuesday.

Pakistan were informed that Umar and Naved would be tested for banned drugs as a part of ICC's anti-doping regulations for the World Cup, which requires two players from each of the 16 teams to be selected at random for testing at 15 of the World Cup matches.

The ICC had earlier tested selected players in the World Cup warm-up games Umar and Naved are the spearheads of Pakistan's attack in the mega event since Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were withdrawn from the squad at the last minute because of injuries. However, it is suspected that they were held back to shield them from ICC dope tests during the World Cup as there were fears that both still carried traces of nandrolone in their bloodstreams.—Agencies