‘Well-prepared team should be sent for WC’

PM concerned over Pak team’s selectionBy Our correspondentLAHORE: Prime Minister Imran Khan has shown his concern over the team selection and the its build-up and preparation for the upcoming World Cup 2019 in England.Pakistan’s premier and the former World Cup-winning skipper has urged the selection committee to select a better team next time.“Next time the team selection should be better,” said Khan during a meeting with PCB Chairman, Ehsan Mani on Wednesday.“Pakistan should send a well-prepared unit in the World Cup.”PCB boss assured Prime Minister, who is also the patron-in-chief of the PCB, about a better job in terms of selection in the future.Pakistan dropped six key players from the squad for their series five-match ODI series against Australia in the UAE, including the skipper Sarfraz Ahmed, just ahead of the all important multi-nation tournament which is to be played from May 30 to July 14 in England.PM Khan also congratulated Mani on hosting eight matches of the PSL-4 successfully at the National Stadium Karachi and announced that preparations for hosting the whole season of PSL 5 in Pakistan will start soon.

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