MULTAN: A 26-member West Indies cricket team has arrived in Multan for one-day series against Pakistan.
Three ODIs will be played between Pakistan and West Indies on 8th, 10th and 12th of this month at Multan Cricket stadium.
The West Indies squad touched down at Multan International Airport on Monday afternoon and received a warm welcome at a local hotel.
In a video shared by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), West Indian players were welcomed upon arriving in the city.
The visiting squad will rest today before a training session tomorrow ahead of the three-match ODI series. Pakistan will start training today (Monday) after arriving a day earlier.
The #MenInMaroon have arrived in Multan for the 3-match ODI series against @TheRealPCB starting on pic.twitter.com/uKFUDWEJkT
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket) June 6, 2022
West Indies are led by their newly appointed captain Nicholas Pooran who will be performing his duties as skipper in his second international series. The two-time 50-overs World Cup champions just finished their series in the Netherlands, whitewashing the home side 3-0.
The MCS, boasting a capacity of 25,000, is located off Vehari Road, in the suburbs of Multan. The stadium plays host to domestic cricket regularly. The most recent high-profile cricket matches here were the three Pakistan Super League matches in February 2020.
Multan Sultans, the home side, won all the games, defeating Peshawar Zalmi (by six wickets), Karachi Kings (by 52 runs) and Quetta Gladiators (by 30 runs).
This would mark the second instance of a West Indies side taking the field at the MCS in ODIs. The two sides last played at the MCS on 13 December 2006 with Marlon Samuels’ breezy 100 not out off 99 balls securing a seven-wicket win for the tourists.
The stadium has hosted seven ODIs with Pakistan winning four. In its inaugural ODI, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh by 137 runs in September 2003. The two sides also played the last ODI at the venue to date, which the hosts won by seven wickets.
