Earlier this week, it seemed almost impossible that Shoaib will be brought back in the Pakistan team after he failed to show up for a fitness test at the NCA.

'Shoaib could not come because of his mother's illness and since his fitness and match form was not ascertained, the status will be conveyed to the team management,' Bari had said at that time.

Shoaib, who was withdrawn from Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad last month after he developed genital warts, claimed he was ready to stage a comeback in the one-day series against Sri Lanka.

Shoaib has been plagued by injury and disciplinary problems and has not been a regular team member since 2007. He was dropped after Pakistan's one-day series at home against Sri Lanka in January because of poor form.