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[caption id="attachment_45594" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Pakistan to face arch-rivals India in their first match in ICC Champions Trophy. Image Source: twitter[/caption] Internet Desk: Pakistan left-hand batsman Haris Sohail has replaced wicketkeeper-batsman Umar Akmal in Pakistan’s squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Akmal failed to clear the pre-tournament fitness test conducted by the team management in Birmingham. Umar Amin, Sohail and Asif Zakir were called for a fitness test at National Cricket Academy which was headed by Pakistan's national selection committee headed by Inzamam-ul-Haq. When Akmal failed to clear the fitness test in the pre-camp for Champions Trophy in Birmingham, he was asked to return home and work on his fitness. "The NCA trainer conducted the test of all three players and based on the reports submitted by the trainer and upon Pakistan's team management request Haris Sohail has been selected to replace Umar Akmal for the Champions Trophy to commence from June 1, 2017 in England and Wales," the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement. Pakistan will open their Champions Trophy campaign against arch-rivals India on June 4. Haris sustained a knee injury and had to undergo a surgery in Australia which prevented him from playing domestic cricket. He has not played for Pakistan since in mid 2015.