BRIDGETOWN: Pakistan and West Indies will face off in the first T20 match of the series at Kensington Oval stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados today.
The match is scheduled to begin at 9:30 PM (Pakistan standard time). Pakistan will play four T20, three ODIs and Three Test matches during the tour to West Indies.
Pakistan are set to face off ICC World Twenty20 champion West Indies in the first match of four-match T20 series today.
Captain Sarfraz Ahmad and head coach Mickey Arthur had termed the West Indies tour crucial for Pakistan’s direct qualification for 2019 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan could go up to 118 points and third position from its current sixth position with a 4-0 win while a 3-1 result will lift it to fourth position and 116 points.
On the other hand, West Indies will move up from 116 points to 123 points if it wins all the matches while a 3-1 win will see it leapfrog third-placed South Africa, which is on 117 points. New Zealand currently leads the points table with 127 points while India is in second position with 124 points.
Pakistan T-20 Squad
Ahmad Shehzad, Kamran Akmal, Muhammad Hafeez, Baber Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Sarfraz Ahmad – Captain / WK, Immad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Muhammad Nawaz, Hassan Ali, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, Rumman Raees, Usman Khan Shinwari.
West Indies T-20 squad
Samuel Badree, Carlos Brathwaite (capt), Jonathan Carter, Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Evin Lewis, Jason Mohammed, Sunil Narine, Veerasammy Permaul, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Marlon Samuels, Lendl Simmons, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton and Keswick Williams.
