Tour of India 2007-08                Captain: Shoaib Malik
	55th Test tour   Eighth Test-playing tour of India by Pakistan        (November - December 2007)	The Pakistan Cricket Board prevented fast bowlers Umar Gul and Mohammad Asif from participating in English county cricket yet both suffered injuries that kept them out of the Test series. It was decided to continue the tour when a state of emergency was declared in Pakistan. Younis Khan was obliged to lead Pakistan in the third Test at Bangalore when Shoaib Malik was unable to play after injuring his ankle.	Other Pakistan Tours   Previous tour South Africa 2006-07   Next tour Sri Lanka 2009
	Members of the Test tour party	Abdur Rehman Sk 27 SLA ODI   Danish Kaneria K 26 LBG     Faisal Iqbal K 25 RHB     Kamran Akmal L 25 WK ODI   Misbah-ul-Haq Fs 33 RHB ODI   Mohammad Sami K 26 RFM     Mohammad Yousuf L 33 RHB ODI   Salman Butt L 23 LHB  opener ODI   Sarfraz Ahmed   20 WK     Shoaib Akhtar Is 32 RF ODI   Shoaib Malik Sk 25 RHB   captain ODI   Sohail Tanvir Rw 23 LFM ODI   Umar Gul Pw 23 RFM ODI   Yasir Hameed Pw 29 RHB ODI   Younis Khan Pw 29 RHB   vice-captain ODI             Chosen for the ODI series only: Fawad Alam (LHB) ODI   Imran Nazir  (RHB) ODI   Rao Iftikhar Anjum (RFM) ODI   Shahid Afridi  (RHB/LBG) ODI   Mohammad Asif withdrawn	Average age of  team at time of first Test match     (22 November 2007 ) :             yrs   2 months   Fs   Faisalabad Is    Islamabad L     Lahore Rw  Rawalpindi Sk   Sialkot                 ODI  Part of the squad for one-day internationals
	Test Appearances made before the tour	Mohammad Yousuf 76, Younis Khan 55, Danish Kaneria 48, Shoaib Akhtar 43, Kamran Akmal 35, Mohammad Sami 30, Shoaib Malik 20, Yasir Hameed 20, Faisal Iqbal 19, Salman Butt 16, Umar Gul 16, Misbah- ul-Haq 7, Abdur Rehman 2, Iftikhar Anjum 1, Sarfraz Ahmed 0, Sohail Tanvir 0, Yasir Arafat 0.
	Team Officials	Talat Ali Malik Tour manager Geoff Lawson Coach    ? Physiotherapist David Dwyer Fitness trainer Ahsan Hameed Malik Media Manager Sultan Ahmed Liaison Officer
	Selectors	Salahuddin Ahmed (chief selector), Shafqat Rana and Salim Jaffer.    (decisions on the Test party were taken after discussions with the tour selection committee in India)
	Selection	Younis Khan was named tour vice-captain on 31 October.   Unavailable:  On the day the team flew to Delhi, Mohammad Asif was withdrawn from the ODI team because of injury. He did not recover sufficiently to join the tour but flew to Australia on 2 December for medical treatment.   ODI squad announced:    26 October 2007. Test Tour Party Announced :  16 November 2007   Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria and Faisal Iqbal would be joining the ODI squad already in India.   Not selected :  left-arm pace bowler Mohammad Khalil.
	Travel	Mohammad Yousuf underwent a precautionary MRI scan on a bruised knee before the team's departure The tour party left Lahore Airport on Thursday 1 November 2007.  They landed in New Delhi later on the same day. Mohammad Asif did not travel as his elbow injury would not allow him to play until at least the fourth ODI.   Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria and Faisal Iqbal flew from Karachi on Monday 19 November for the Test series.
	On-tour selection
	Reinforcements	Yasir Arafat, 25, RFM,was sent to Kolkata whenUmar Gul was forced to return home after suffering a back muscle problem, and because Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami were ill.The original choice was for Rao Iftikhar Anjum, 26, RFM, but visa problems held him up so Arafat arrived at Kolkata at 8 am on 30 November, the morning of the second Test.  Iftikhar was finally sent to join the tour on 5 December (though the tour management were now asking for Abdur Rauf),.
	Fixtures/Results	† Delhi Delhi (one-day) Won 7 w § Guwahati India  (1st ODI) Lost 5 w § Mohali India (2nd ODI) Won 4 w § Kanpur India (3rd ODI) Lost 46 r § Gwalior India (4th ODI) Lost 6 w § Jaipur India (5th ODI) Won 31 r DELHI INDIA  First Test LOST 6 w KOLKATA INDIA  Second Test DRAWN BANGALORE INDIA  Third Test DRAWN	† not first-class     §  one-day international
	Test appearances on tour	3  -   Danish Kaneria, Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Salman Butt, Shoaib Akhtar, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan. 2  -   Faisal Iqbal, Sohail Tanvir. 1  -   Shoaib Malik, Yasir Arafat. 0  -   Abdur Rehman, Iftikhar Anjum, Sarfraz Ahmed, Umar Gul.
	Highlights	•
	Tour Summary	P W L D Test Matches 3 0 1 2 Other f-c matches 0 - - - Minor matches 1 1 0 0 One-day internationals 5 2 3 0 All Matches 9 3 4 2
	Return to Pakistan	Imran Nazir, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam and Rao Iftikhar Anjum headed back to Pakistan following the conclusion of the ODI series. Reserve 'keeper Sarfraz Ahmed was deemed surplus to requirements after the second Test and was sent home. The team arrived home Coach Geoff Lawson was allowed to fly off to Australia to attend his son's graduation ceremony.
	Finances
	Written accounts of the tour

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