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The former Pakistan captain, Moin Khan has been appointed as the chief selector of the Pakistan national team, PCB announced. He will replace former chief selector Iqbal Qasim . " It is an honour and a privilege to be offered the position of chairman of national selection committee - a position held by many greats in the past and most recently by legendary Iqbal Qasim, " Moin said. " I have accepted this as a challenge and I am glad that PCB and my own vision correspond in terms of preparing a pool of talented cricketers who can mount an effective challenge in the 2015 World Cup . " The 41-year-old has represented Pakistan in 219 ODIs and he is one of the most successful wicketkeeper for Pakistan in ODIs with 287 dismissals.

Pakistan allrounder, Shahid Afridi has been ruled out from the ODI squad against India in December. However, Afridi retained in Twenty20 squad. Pakistan's chief selector Iqbal Qasim said, "Dropping Afridi was a difficult decision, He is no doubt a great player and has the ability to win a game, but the decision has been taken in the interest of the team. We did retain him in the T20 squad and if he performs well he can win back his ODI place in the future." Pakistan   ODI squad : Mohammad Hafeez, Azhar Ali, Haris Sohail, Kamran Akmal, Nasir Jamshed, Younis Khan, Junaid Khan, Umar Gul, Misbah-ul-Haq, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Akmal, Anwar Ali, Wahab Riaz, Imran Farhat, Zulfiqar Babar. Pakistan  Twenty20 squad : Mohammad Hafeez, Nasir Jamshed, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Irfan, Zulfiqar Babar, Ahmed Shehzad, Umar Amin, Umar Gul, Asad Ali.