Pakistan is set to take on West Indies in the eighth bilateral T20I series between the two teams after they first faced each other in April 2011 in the T20 format.
The three T20Is, beginning on coming Thursday, 31 July (1 August, 5 am Pakistan time) at the Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium in Florida.
According to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the second and third Twenty-Twenty Internationals are scheduled to take place on 2 and 3 August at the same venue, with the first ball slated to be bowled at 8 pm local time, 3 and 4 August, 5 am Pakistan time.
Pakistan will take the field in Lauderhill, a venue that has played host to 12 ODIs and 17 T20Is since May 2010, for the second time after beating Ireland by three wickets in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024.
Overall, Pakistan have won 15 of the 21 T20Is played between the two teams, with hosts winning three and as many ending in no result. Both teams will be looking to make amends to their most recent T20I series results after visitors conceded 2-1 to Bangladesh and hosts 5-0 to Australia.
Pakistan arrived in Lauderhill on Monday, 28 July and took part in two intensive training sessions. Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali and Shaheen Shah Afridi have returned to the T20I squad.
Pakistan T20I captain, Salman Ali Agha:
“We are looking forward to playing at this wonderful venue, and our time here so far has been exciting. I feel the three T20Is will also be entertaining and as a team we are eagerly looking forward to taking the field.
“We have a fine blend of youth and experience in our squad, and it is highly productive that we are going into yet another T20I series as the build-up towards the T20 World Cup picks up pace.
“The West Indies are a formidable T20I side despite the results not going their way recently, and I feel we’ll have to play our best possible game to outfox them in this series.”
Pakistan T20I squad comprising:
Salman Ali Agha (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Hasan Ali, Hasan Nawaz, Hussain Talat, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Haris (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Nawaz, Sahibzada Farhan (wicket-keeper), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Sufyan Moqim
Series schedule: (T20Is to begin at 8 pm local time)
31 July – First T20I v West Indies, Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, USA
2 Aug – Second T20I v West Indies, Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, USA
3 Aug – Third T20I v West Indies, Central Broward Park & Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, USA
8 Aug – First ODI v West Indies, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad & Tobago
10 Aug – Second ODI v West Indies, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad & Tobago
12 Aug – Third ODI v West Indies, Brian Lara Cricket Academy, Trinidad & Tobago
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