Sarfaraz, who has captained Pakistan this month, said he was optimistic about building a strong combination for the future. Pakistan’s national T20 captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has welcomed a three-match T20 series against the West Indies later this month in the UAE, terming it as an ideal platform to work out various combinations. It will give us the opportunity to try out different combinations and give more exposure to the younger players,” Sarfaraz said before departing for Dubai. Pakistan and West Indies play T20s on September 23, 24 and 27 in Dubai and Abu Dhabi before featuring in three ODIs and as many Test matches including a day and night one. The wicketkeeper-batsman made it clear that the coming series would be a tough challenge as the West Indies had twice won the T20 world title.

Source: The Hindu September 18, 2016 11:03 UTC