LAHORE, Dec 1: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has secured visas for three fast bowlers, Abdul Rauf, Mohammad Irshad and Rao Iftikhar Anjum, to keep them as ready replacements for the injury-hit Pakistan team in India.

As it is fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami are not fit enough and without any improvement they are likely to miss the third Test at Bangalore, which starts from Dec 8. In that case any of the three could be flown to India.

Although he was not included in the ongoing Test at Kolkatta as the team management decided to go with half-fit players, Yasir Arafat too was recently sent to India as a replacement for the injured Umar Gul.

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