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Reuters, Karachi

Pakistan's top pacer Mohammad Asif is unlikely to travel with the national squad to India today due to a chronic elbow problem.

A Pakistan Cricket Board official said Asif had not made a complete recovery from the injury and was being pulled out of the squad for the five-match one-day series in India starting from Nov 5.

"Doctors say he needs more time to be 100 percent fit," the official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.

"The idea is he get more rest and be ready for the test series that follows later this month."