New Delhi: Bengal left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has made himself unavailable for the ICC World Twenty20 warm up match against Pakistan on March 12.


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A Bengal selector said that due to some personal commitments the spinner will not be featuring in the tie.


"He has made himself unavailable for the match as he has some personal commitments. He has conveyed his unavailability to the CAB president Sourav Ganguly," a Bengal selector said.


Experienced Bengal batsman Manoj Tiwary will lead the side. He would hope his team puts up a good show against Shahid Afridi led Pakistan. The game will be of big importance for Bengal given the size of experience and the opposition.


Tiwary was quick to acknowledge the fact.


"It will be a huge experience for us as we will be playing against the likes of Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Amir," Tiwary said.


There are some expoerienced campaigners in the Bengal team which boasts of names such as Ashok Dinda, Sudip Chatterjee and Wriddhiman Saha.


The Squad:


Manoj Tiwary (c), Abhishek Das, Sudip Chatterjee, Wriddhiman Saha, Pramod Chandila, Kaushik Ghosh, Ritwik Roychowdhury, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Ishan Porel, Sayan Ghosh, Ashok Dinda, Mukesh Kumar, Amir Gani, Anurag Tiwari, Writtick Chatterjee and Alok Pratap Singh.


(With PTI inputs)