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ICC World T20 2016: Pragyan Ojha pulls out of Bengal’s warm-up squad against Pakistan
Bengal left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has made himself unavailable for the World Twenty20 warm up match against Pakistan on March 12.
Published: Mar 07, 2016, 03:06 AM (IST)
Edited: Mar 07, 2016, 10:23 AM (IST)
Kolkata: Bengal left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has made himself unavailable for the World Twenty20 warm up match against Pakistan on March 12. “He has made himself unavailable for the match as he has some personal commitments. He has conveyed his unavailability to the CAB president Sourav Ganguly,” a Bengal selector said. Manoj Tiwary will lead the side that will have the promising Ritwik Roychowdhury and Ishan Porel. “It will be a huge experience for us as we will be playing against the likes of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Amir,” Tiwary said. ICC World T20 2016: Imran Khan feels Pakistan should not play in Dharamsala vs India
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“Amid this situation, I don’t believe the Pakistan team should play at Himachal Pradesh,” he added. Virbhadra Singh had earlier expressed inability to provide security for the match between India and Pakistan in the wake of objections raised by the Kangra-based families of martyrs and ex-servicemen, who consider hosting Pakistan as an “insult” to the soldiers who lost their lives in Pathankot airbase terror attack in January.
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