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Defender John Pantsil will be handed the captain�s armband on his return to the Ghana national team. The 31-year-old has not played for the Black Stars since February�s international friendly draw with Chile due to his inactivity. But a move to Israel with Hapoel Tel Aviv has revived his international career where he has been seeing regular first team action. Pantsil is ranked third in the captaincy hierarchy behind John Mensah and Michael Essien. He captained the team at the 2012 Nations Cup finals in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Ghana holds a 2-0 advantage over Malawi going into the crucial game to be played in Lilongwe next weekend. Below is the full list of players selected for the crucial game. Goalkeepers: Adam Kwarasey (Stromgodset, Norway), Philemon McCarthy (Hearts of Oak), Fatau Dauda (AshantiGold). Defenders: John Paintsil (Hapoel Tel Aviv, Israel), Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), David Addy (Vitoria Guimaraes, Portugal), John Boye (Rennes, France), Isaac Vorsah (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria), Jonathan Mensah (Evian Thonon Gaillard, France). Midfielders: Anthony Annan (Osasuna, Spain), Daniel Nii Adjei (Asante Kotoko), Mubarak Wakaso (Espanyol, Spain), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy), Christian Atsu (Porto, Portugal), Solomon Asante (Berekum Chelsea), Andre Ayew (Marseille, France), Rabiu Mohammed (Evian, France) Strikers: Emmanuel Clottey (Esperance, Tunisia), Abdul Majeed Warris (Hacken, Sweden), Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE).