No Akmal and Abdul Razzaq in Pakistan's limited overs squad for the West Indies

Pakistan News: Squad for the west Indies announced

The Selection Committee has announced the squad for the limited overs version a day after it was originally scheduled. There were reports of differences between the captain and the members of the selection committee. The main contentious issues were the selection of Imran Farhat and Fawad Alam and the dropping of Ahmed Shehzad.

The struggling Kamran Akmal was dumped from both the ODI and T20 squads as expected, along with Abdul Razzaq who also failed to perform in the World Cup. Senior players like Umar Gul and Younis Khan have been rested while Misbah-ul-Haq has been retained.

Kamran's place has gone to Faisalabad's long-serving wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman, who has been preferred to Sarfraz Ahmed, probably due to his better credentials as a batsman.

Young under-19-fame all-rounder, Hammad Azam, has taken the place of Abdul Razzaq while Aizaz Bin Ilyas Cheema has been rewarded for his brilliant domestic performance as a medium-fast bowler. Ahmed Shehzad and Junaid Khan have been retained from the World Cup squad.

Young batting prodigy Usman Salahuddin has been drafted in after his impressive first-class level performance, where he impressed everyone with his form and technique.

The Test squad will be announced later. The tour starts on April 18 with a warm-up game, followed by the only Twenty20 on April 21 in St Lucia. The five-match ODI series will begin on April 23, and the Test series will start on May 12.

Squad: Shahid Afridi (capt), Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Taufiq Umar, Ahmed Shahzad, Usman Salahuddin, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Tanvir Ahmed, Wahab Riaz, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Hammad Azam, and Mohammad Salman (wk)

Reserves: Rameez Raja (jnr), Sohail Khan, Sadaf Hussain, Asif Zakir, Zulifqar Babar

Update: Sadaf later replaced Cheema who was declared unfit by doctors