Pakistani pace bowler Mohammad Asif [ Images ] has been recalled to the squad for this month's one-day series against Sri Lanka [ Images ] in Abu Dhabi.

Asif, who missed the World Cup due to an elbow injury, was included in a 16-man squad for the series to be played from May 18-22.

Asif and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar [ Images ] tested positive for nandrolone last October but a Pakistan Cricket Board appeals panel cleared them of doping a offence and overturned their bans.

The squad also includes uncapped players Fawad Alam [ Images ] and Najaf Shah.

"It is the best possible side we could pick after the World Cup with Inzamam retired and Younis Khan [ Images ] also not available due to his county commitments," chief selector Salahuddin Ahmed said.

The Sri Lanka series will be Shoaib Malik's [ Images ] first as captain after he replaced senior batsman, Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ], who stepped down as skipper and retired from one-day internationals during the World Cup.

Pakistan, under Inzamam, were eliminated in the first round of the World Cup after losing to hosts West Indies [ Images ] and Ireland.

Pakistan squad: Shoaib Malik (captain), Imran Nazir [ Images ], Salman Butt [ Images ], Mohammad Hafeez [ Images ], Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ], Yasir Hameed [ Images ], Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi [ Images ], Abdul Razzaq [ Images ], Fawad Alam, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Asif, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar, Mohammad Sami [ Images ], Najaf Shah.