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Shahid Afridi was recently appointed as captain by the PCB for the upcoming Asia Cup and England tour. - File Photo
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Skipper Shahid Afridi has asked the Pakistan selectors to use the approaching Asia Cup to give exposure to younger players of international cricket.

“I think the time is right to start grooming and giving exposure to some of our young lot because we also have to keep the 2011 World Cup in mind.” Cricket365 quoted Afridi as saying.

“We should have three to four new players along with the seniors so that we can strike the right balance in the one-day side,” he said.

Pakistan’s selectors opted to take an experienced squad to the recently concluded World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, but Afridi says he, along with Coach Waqar Younis, wants to take a different route this time.

“The selectors had picked that squad but as a matter of policy the coach and I want to give exposure to the young players so that they can provide stable support and back up the seniors in future,” he said.

Several players have been included in Pakistan’s prolonged 35-man squad for this month’s Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.

The squad will be reduced to 15 players this week before they head to Karachi for a training camp. – APP

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