Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the 16 men ODI Squad for the ODI series in New Zealand. The long wait of Kamran Akmal has come to end as he is selected in the team. His brother Adnan Akmal is performing the duties of wicket keeper in his absence. He is also a recognize wicket keeper and perform well during the first test match Vs New Zealand.

PCB has delayed the announcement of ODI team many times. It is expected that they will announce the team after the announcement of World Cup Squad. Pakistan Cricket Board announced WC Squad on 4th January and today they have announced ODI Squad.

The team announce consists of Shahid Afridi (capt), Muhammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal (wk), Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Asad Shafiq, Umer Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Umer Gul, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanveer, Tanveer Ahmed and Ahmed Shehzad.

Pakistan middle order batsmen Muhammad Yousaf is excluded from the squad. He is having tough time that in the team. He is excluded fro ODI Squad this gives some indication that he might also be missed out from World cup squad. Kamran Akmal also had tough time but finally he is cleared and back in Pakistani squad. Pakistan will play 6 ODI match series in New Zealand. Pakistan lost T-20 match series and won the first test match and leading the test match series 1-0.

Tags: Abdul Razzaq, Abdul Rehman, Asad Shafiq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Misbah-ul-Haq, Muhammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Sohail Tanveer, Tanveer Ahmed and Ahmed Shehzad., Umer Akmal, Umer Gul, Wahab Riaz, Younis Khan