Azharuddin to play for India

India will host the third India-Pakistan Goodwill Cricket Series for veterans to be played this year from december December 25. The series will comprise of three matches, on December 25, 30 and the final one would be a day-night encounter on January 1^st.

Indian team will comprise Mohd Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar, Praveen Amre, W.V. Raman, Venkatpati Raju, Rajesh Chauhan, Atul Vasan, Vivek Razdan, Bhaskar Pillai, Gurusharan Singh, Abhay Kurvila. Former batsman Surendra Khanna will be the manager of the team.

Apart from Azharuddin, there are no other ‘stars’ starring in the Indian team, while the Pakistan team is full blooded for the occasion. Wasim Akram, Aamir Sohail, Rashid Latif, Shoib Mahmood, Saeed Anwar and Iijaz Ahmed are expected to play, which means that you can watch some real international cricket in there. For those who are dying to see the magic wand of azhar back in action, this is some sort of consolation.

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Fixtures:

Match	Date	Venue	Time
Inagural	December 25, 2005	Haryana	Day Match
Second	December 28, 2005	Kanpur	Day Match
Third	December 30, 2002	Lucknow	Day Match
Final	January 1, 2006	Cochin	Day-Night

Teams

India: Syed Kirmani (c), Mohd Azharuddin, Manoj Prabhakar, Praveen Amre, W.V. Raman, Venkatpati Raju, Rajesh Chauhan, Atul Vasan, Vivek Razdan, Bhaskar Pillai, Gurusharan Singh, Abhay Kurvila.

Pakistan: Rashid Latif (c), Wasim Akram, Aamir Sohail, Shoib Mahmood, Tasleem Arif, Mansoor Akhtar, Salim Jafar, Saeed Anwar, Eijaz Ahmed

Azharuddin to play for India

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