Afridi, who holds the record of fastest one-day hundred off 37 balls he made against Sri Lanka in 1997, was banned for one Test and two one-day internationals for damaging the pitch during the second Test against England last month.

"The team is playing well so there was no need to have more changes. We have just recalled Afridi for he has been an important part of Pakistan's one-day team," Bari told AFP.

SQUAD
Inzamamul Haq (captain), Salman Butt, Shoaib Malik, Yasir Hameed, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Kamran Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Mohammad Sami, Danish Kaneria, Arshad Khan, Shoaib Akhtar, Navedul Hasan, Mohammad Asif.