Sarfaraz has played only one of the last 10 ODIs — against South Africa at Centurion in April. Mohammad Rizwan has been Pakistan's first-choice wicketkeeper for more than a year.
Sarfaraz and Arthur had combined well to take Pakistan to the Champions Trophy title in 2017.
The argument took place after Sarfaraz was hit on the helmet by a bouncer from Afridi which was declared a no-ball by the umpire.
The PCB had faced a long delay getting visas for the Indian and South African broadcasting crew members, an issue which was resolved on Thursday.
Sarfaraz ended up scoring 54 off 41 deliveries before getting trapped off Faheem Ashraf's delivery in the 17th over.
Sarfaraz Ahmed and Hussain Talat have been recalled in the T20I squad for the series against New Zealand.
The 33-year-old stumper, who is leading the Sindh First XI, admitted to the level 1 offence relating to the use of inappropriate language during his side's match on Saturday.
Sarfaraz had told head coach and chief selector, Misbah-ul-Haq, before the match that he didn't wish to play.
The announcement of the inclusion of Afridi and Sarfaraz in the franchise was made by Nadeem Omar, who owns Quetta Gladiators, during a reception held here on Wednesday to unveil the Galle Gladiators outfit
Sarfaraz, a former captain, was seen performing the duties of 12th man in the series opener between England and Pakistan in Manchester.
Pakistan lost the opener by three wickets despite dominating most parts of the game and captain Azhar Ali was heavily criticised for his poor captaincy
Pakistan captain Azhar Ali announced the squad in an interaction with reporters on the eve of the series.
Riaz, who last played a Test match for Pakistan in October 2018, had taken an indefinite break from the format last year.
Azhar Ali and Sarfaraz Ahmed will lead the two sides as they take each other on in an intra-squad match to prepare for three-Test series against England.
Inzamam remained chief selector from 2016 till the 2019 World Cup. During his tenure, most of the time Sarfaraz remained captain.
Latif feels Sarfaraz will keep wickets in the T20I series and will sit on the bench in the Tests.
Pakistan and India last played a bilateral series in January 2013. Since then, the two have only faced each other only in ICC and Asia Cup tournaments.
Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed is making a comeback to the side for the tour to England.
Sarfaraz was also demoted to category B in the recently-announced annual central contracts for the 2020/21 season. Pace bowlers Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Aamir were axed from the contract list.
Pakistan's head coach-cum-selector Misbah-ul-Haq defended the axing of senior players like Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Aamir and Hasan Ali from the central contracts list.
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