PAKISTAN offspinner Saeed Ajmal returned in all three formats after clearing his bowling action for the series against Bangladesh, and the new selectors dropped three batsmen from the World Cup squad yesterday.

Nasir Jamshed, Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad were axed, while Younis Khan was rested from the limited-overs team.

“We are not against any individual but cricketing discipline is more important to us,” new chief selector Haroon Rasheed said.

Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi, who have retired from the 50-over format, will captain in the tests and Twenty20s respectively.

Azhar Ali, who was ignored for the World Cup, will lead the one-day international team, with middle-order batsmen Fawad Alam and Asad Shafiq making comebacks.

Pakistan is scheduled to play two tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 in Bangladesh starting this month.

Ajmal was suspended from international cricket last year due to an illegal bowling action, but remodeled his technique and was cleared in February.

Pakistan’s top order batsmen struggled in the World Cup, where they were eliminated in the quarter-finals by eventual champion Australia.