Pakistan8217;s Yousuf left out of Twenty20 squad

The 33-year-old right-hander has scored 1024 runs in his last 20 ODIs and surpassed the Test record for most runs in a calendar year in 2006, when he made 1788 in 11 Tests.

8220;Yousuf is a great player and vital for us. But we felt the time is right to give some of the younger players a chance in the twenty20 squad,8221; Chief Selector, Salahuddin Ahmed said.

Yousuf said he was disappointed at not making the Twenty20 squad but refused to criticise the selectors.

8220;My job is to play for my country and score as many runs as possible. The rest is up to the selectors,8221; he said.

The selectors called up two uncapped players 8212; Mansoor Amjad and Shoaib Khan 8212; for the Bangladesh game.

Pakistan: Shoaib Malik captain, Salman Butt, Younis Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Sohail Tanvir, Muhammad Asif, Umar Gul, Rao Iftikhar Anjum, Wahab Riaz, Shoaib Khan, Mansoor Amjad.