KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has removed Shahid Khan Afridi as one-day International captain for the upcoming series against Ireland.

Chairman of the board Ijaz Butt told in a media conference in Islamabad that senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq would lead the team in the two one-day matches against Ireland held on May 28 and 30.

"Afridi has been retained as a player in the one-day squad but the captaincy has gone to Misbah," Ijaz Butt said without explaining the reason behind for this decision.

Recently Pakistan won the ODI series against West Indies under the captaincy of Afridi by 3-2 win in the Caribbean.

He has been leading the T20 and ODI sides since early 2010.

Ijaz Butt plans to remove Afirdi as captain before World Cup and want Misbah to be leading captain but due to the support of all Pakistanis he failed to do that but at last he did it now.

Well what I said Afridi is the best captain ever seen !!