Ali Bhai Kamran<\/p>\n
Pakistan will play an additional two Twenty20 internationals on their tour of the West Indies which gets underway later this month and stretches through April and into May.
\n\u201cTwenty20 is an exciting format and this is another opportunity for our fans to indulge in the thrilling atmosphere that surrounds these matches,\u201d said Roland Holder, the West Indies Cricket Board\u2019s manager for cricket operations.
\nThe series between world champions West Indies and Pakistan will start at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown on March 26 with three further games at the Queen\u2019s Park Oval in Trinidad on March 30, April 1 and 2.
\nBoth teams will also play three one-day internationals and three Tests. AFP.
\nIn what can be described as a great news for T20 fans, Pakistan\u2019s tour of West Indies has been extended by two T20Is with a total of four now scheduled between Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago to kick off the start of Pakistan\u2019s seven-week tour of the Caribbean. The additional fixtures have also caused a shift in dates for the first of the originally scheduled pair of T20Is.
\nThe tour itinerary originally comprised two T20Is, three ODIs and three Tests starting with a T20I in Trinidad & Tobago on March 31. The tour will now begin in Barbados on March 26 with the first of the now four T20Is. The other additional T20I will then take place on March 30 in Trinidad while the third T20I is pushed back to April 1.
\nThe WICB had looked into possibly staging both of the additional T20Is in Lauderhill, Florida on March 25 and 26 and according to sources, a deposit was placed with stadium officials at the Central Broward Regional Park to reserve the facility for those two dates. However, the source indicated that there were concerns over the ability of Pakistan\u2019s squad to get US visas processed on short notice and the decision was made to schedule the additional T20Is inside the Caribbean.
\nThis is only the second time a four-match T20I series has been scheduled between Full Members. The first took place between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at Khulna in January 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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