Shahid Afridi, former Pakistan cricket captain has been called back to the side after he took back his retirement decision. Shahid Afridi and Abdur Razzaq both have been called back to Pakistan ODI/T20 squad against Sri Lanka in UAE series 2011.

Shahid Afridi, a great hard hitter batsmen was retired from all types of international cricket as a protest against the policies of former PCB chairman, Ejaz Butt and he said until Butt’s chairmanship, I won’t participate in any kind of international cricket. Now Ejaz Butt has been retired and Afridi took back his decision.

New PCB Chairman, Zaka Ashraf given him green signal and at last Shahid Afridi has been called for the T20/ODI series vs Sri Lanka at UAE 2011/2012.

Abdur Razzaq was out of cricket for a long time but he has also been called back with the Shahid Afridi and this made Pakistan side more strong as compared to Sri Lanka.