Afridi, out of favour with the national selectors since being dropped after the World Cup, will captain a 14-man squad for the December 13-21 tournament also involving India and Sri Lanka.
The selectors have included several current test players in the
A squad including Imran Nazir, Mohammad Hafeez, Faisal Iqbal, Naved Latif and Umar Gul.
Pakistan A squad:
Shahid Afridi (captain), Salman Butt, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed bin Nasir, Naved Latif, Amin-ur-Rehman (wicketkeeper), Umar Gul, Mohammad Khalil, Mohammad Irshad, Mansoor Amjad, Faisal Iqbal, Bilal Asad, Imran Nazir and Abdul Rauf.