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Pakistan paceman Wahab Riaz has been unnoticed for the squad touring Bangladesh after his name was mention in the spot-fixing trial in London at the start of November.
Chief selector Mohammad Illyas said Wahab had been drop for the tour after consultations between the selectors and team management.
"We have picked the best probable team," Illyas told a news meeting in Lahore on Monday.
Wahab was part of the teams that played a test series next to Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates last month but was then drop for the one-day series and sent home soon after his name was mention in the trial.
During the trial, an in secret reporter told the jury that Pakistani player agent Mazhar Majeed had told him he had several cricketers working for him and mention the names of Wahab and not needed wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal.
At the Southwark Crown Court on Nov. 1, Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were handed jail terms ranging from six to 30 months for taking bribe to fix parts of a test match during Pakistan's tour to England last year.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was disinclined to comment on Wahab's keeping out but sources within the body long-established to Reuters that the bowler was sideline because his name was mention during the trial.
"The PCB has determined not to select any players whose names were linked to the spot-fixing trial," one source, who wished to remain anonymous, said.
Wahab's keeping out is a blow to the team after a string of good performances in domestic and international cricket since making his test first appearance at the Oval last year.
His exclusion forced selectors to make one change to the test squad that hit Sri Lanka, replacing Wahab with young pace man Mohammad Talha.
The selectors have retained the same one-day squad participates in the ongoing series against Sri Lanka in the Gulf.
"Bangladesh is always a formidable side at home and we didn't want to take risks. As it is the team is on a winning impetus and we want that to continue," Illyas added.
Pakistan will play two tests, three one-dayers and a Twenty20 international in Bangladesh from Nov. 26.
Test squad:
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Taufiq Umar, Azhar Ali, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Adnan Akmal, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Mohammad Talha, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Umar Gul.
One-day international squad:
Misbah-ul-Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Umar Akmal,, Abdul Razzaq, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Shoaib Malik, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Junaid Khan, Aizaz Cheema, Sohail Tanvir, Saeed Ajmal, Abdul Rehman, Umar Gul.
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