The Caribbean team will play Pakistan in the second of the four match T20 International series in Port of Spain on Mar 30, 2017. Play will commence at 9:30 PM Pakistan time, 16:30 GMT.
Final scores: Pakistan win by 3 runs.
west indies 129/8 in 20 overs.
Pakistan 132 all-out
West Indies will host Pakistan for a 35 days season which will comprise of four T20 International, Three One-Day International matches as well as three Tests which will be played at five different venues in the Caribbean island nation.
Matches crucial for West Indies
The matches are important for West Indies because if they do not get to the top eight spots by September, they will have to play the 2018 ICC World Cup Qualifier.
Hence they will surely want to wrap up the ODI series to improve their ranking. The West Indies are at the No. 4 spot in ICC T20I Rankings.
However, Pakistan is ahead of Australia and Sri Lanka and is at number sixth position. Pakistan has the edge over the Caribbean winning five times in 7 encounters. The WI have however won the ICC T20 Champions twice and are well versed in the nitty gritty of the shortest format of the game.
Post match - second T20I #WIvPAK pic.twitter.com/Ck5C10afmf
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) March 30, 2017
Post match - second T20I #WIvPAK pic.twitter.com/Ck5C10afmf
— PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) March 30, 2017
Television Broadcast and online stream
Willow TV has bagged the rights for broadcast in the US.
Viewers in Pakistan can enjoy the match live on PTV Sports; the online stream is also available on the PTV website.
The live telecast starts at 8 PM local time and 4 PM GMT.
The 2nd game of the three-match T20 series will be broadcast on the Ten Network. You can catch the game online on the official website.
Watch Pakistan vs West Indies 1st T20: PTV Sports live streaming here ->https://t.co/0BovrxekEdhttps://t.co/asNNVxCGAQ pic.twitter.com/tGnsZ6cKbB
— PanAsiaBiz (@panasiabiz) March 26, 2017
Caribbean team studded with T20I specialists
Carlos Brathwaite will lead the Caribbean team, and their squad is packed with T20 specialists.
However, the team will not feature Darren Bravo who has led the home side to victory in two T20 International Championships. The tussle with the West Indies Cricket Board continues and has resulted in many stalwarts missing the WI team line-up.
PAK XI: A Shehzad, K Akmal, B Azam, F Zaman, S Malik, S Ahmed, I Wasim, S Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Wahab Riaz, H Ali
— ICC Live Scores (@ICCLive) March 30, 2017
Sarfraz Khan will lead the visitors, and the team boasts hard hitters like Kamran Akmal to Shoaib Malik.
The pace battery is led by Sohail Tanvir and Wahab Riaz who can bowl at a blistering pace to make the life of opposition batsmen miserable.
The first game was won by Pakistan and the third game will be played on April 1.
