Pakistani selectors have dropped flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi [Images] for the first one-day international against West Indies [Images] on December 5.

Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria was installed in Afridi's place in the 14-man squad on Friday, while captain Inzamam-ul-Haq [Images] also misses out as he completes his four-match ban.

Inzamam was suspended by the International Cricket Council [Images] (ICC [Images]) for bringing the game into disrepute during the Oval Test controversy in August and sat out three matches at the ICC Champions Trophy [Images].

Batsman Younis Khan will lead the side in Inzamam's absence.

The inclusion of Kaneria, who has played only 16 one-dayers, was hardly surprising following Afridi's poor form this year, scoring 114 runs and taking 14 wickets in 17 matches.

A veteran of 233 one-dayers, Afridi would be considered for the remaining four games of the series, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said.

The selectors have also recalled pacemen Rana Naved and Mohammad Sami [Images] after they struggled in the one-day series in England [Images].

Squad: Younis Khan (captain), Mohammad Yousuf [Images], Imran Farhat [Images], Mohammad Hafeez [Images], Yasir Hameed [Images], Abdul Razzaq [Images], Shoaib Malik [Images], Rana Naved, Kamran Akmal, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Mohammad Sami, Abdul Rehman, Danish Kaneria.