India, May 23 -- Senior batter Babar Azam, all-rounder Shahdab Khan and pacer Naseem Shah on Friday returned to Pakistan's ODI squad for the upcoming three-match series against Australia at home.

The Pakistani selectors have named a 16-member squad, which includes two wicket-keepers for the home series, which begins on May 30 in Rawalpindi, with the remaining two games to be played in Lahore on June 2 and 4. Left-arm fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will continue to lead the ODI squad.

The selectors have dropped six players from the 15-member squad that went to Bangladesh in March and lost the series 1-2.

Mohammad Rizwan, Faheem Ashraf, Faisal Akram, Saad Masood, Mohammad Wasim junior and Hussain Talat have been dropped from the squad t...