Pakistan vs West Indies first T20 match on Friday (Match Preview)

Pakistan to face West Indies in 1^st T20i match as the 3 match series between the two sides will start in Dubai on Friday.

Pakistan starting their home summer with World T20 Champions West Indies travelling to UAE to play 3 T20is, 3 ODIs and 3 test matches. Previously Pakistan has a mixed tour of England where they drew the test series by 2-2, lost the ODI series by 4-1 and won the only T20 match.

Pakistan to face West Indies in 1^st T20i match as the 3 match series between the two sides will start in Dubai on Friday. The 1^st T20 match scheduled to begin at 8:00 pm local time and 9 pm PST. Sarfraz Ahmad will lead the T20 side. The T20 series starting with back to back mathches at the Dubai Cricket Stadium on 23 & 24 September while the last 3^rd T20 will be played on September 27^th in Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan T20 Squad: Sarfraz Ahmad (c), Sharjeel Khan, Khalid Latif, Shoaib Malik, M Rizwan, Babar Azam, Imad Wasim, M Nawaz, M Aamir, Wahab Riaz, Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan, Amad Butt.

Many youngsters have been given a chance in the squads to prove their skills while middle order batsman Umar Akmal has returned to the squad. PCB in order to build a T20 squad for the future appointed Srfraz Ahmed as a T20 captain and has also tried to build the side with experienced player like Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Aamir, Shoaib Malik and Wahab Riaz.

On the other hand West Indies team is one of the most destructive team in the World T20 Cricket and also the current world champions. In the ICC World T20 ranking they have ranked No.3 and they have come to this tour with impressive 1-0 series win over India.

West Indies T20 Squad: Samuel Badree, Carlos Brathwaite (captain), Dwayne Bravo, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Jason Holder, Evin Lewis, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels, Jerome Taylor, Chadwick Walton.

Pakistan vs West Indies Overall T20 Stats (2011-2014)

Matches played: 4, Pakistan won: 2, West Indies won: 2

Highest Total: 166-6 (WI) at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (2014)

Lowest Total: 82-10 (PAK) at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur (2014)

Highest run scorer for Pakistan: Umar Akmal, Runs: 97, Average: 32.33

Highest run scorer for West Indies: DJ Bravo, Runs: 106, Average: 35.33

Highest Wicket taker for Pakistan: Zulfiqar Babar, Wickets: 6, Econ: 7.25

Highest Wicket taker for West Indies: SP Narine, Wickets: 7, Econ: 5.50