Johannesburg, August 11:

Indian pacemen Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan will replace injured teammates Irfan Pathan and Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas in the Asian team for the Afro-Asian Games to start here next week. The two Asian players were injured in the Indian Oil Cup final between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday. Two players in the African squad have also been ruled out after injuries.

SQUADS: ASIA — Inzamam -Ul-Haq (c), Rahul Dravid (vc), Virender Sehwag, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Ja-yasuriya, Yousuf Youhana, Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzak, Muttiaha Muralitharan, Mohd Ashraful, Mashrafe-bin-Morteza, Anil Kumble. Shoaib Akhtar.

AFRICA — Graeme Smith (c), Shaun Pollock (vc), Boeta Dippenaar, AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Monde Zondeki, Jacques Rudolph, Nicky Boje, Justin Ontong, Steve Tikolo, Collins Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Heath Streak, Tatenda Taibu, Dale Steyn and Justin Kemp.