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KARACHI, Feb 28: Former captain Salim Malik and Ijaz Ahmed were on Sunday left out of the Pakistan squad for the Asian Test Championship match against Sri Lanka, beginning from March 4 at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Both Malik and Ijaz were among the 20 probables for the national camp, which was named on Feb 26. The two senior batsmen, along with fast bowler Waqar Younis (who was not even included in the list of probables), were members of the team which recently toured India.

Chairman of the National Selection Committee, Wasim Bari, has announced a 15-man squad which also includes the uncapped Imran Nazir.

Imran, a hard-hitting right-handed opening batsman, has been picked on the basis of his performance in the current domestic season and the just concluded under-19 series against South Africa.

Among the other probables to be excluded are pace bowlers Mohammad Akram and Shabbir Ahmed and the Quetta batsman Nasim Khan. Nasim was preferred over several deserving candidates after notching a couple of centuries this season in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy Grade-II National Championship matches.

The squad for the Asian Test against Sri Lanka is:

Wasim Akram (captain), Moin Khan (vice-captain), Saeed Anwar, Imran Nazir, Wajahatullah Wasti, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Yousuf Youhana, Shahid Afridi, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Akhtar, Arshad Khan, Mohammad Wasim, Fazle Akbar and Shahid Nazir.