Complications due to Kovid-19 cut short the entire T20I of Pakistan's tour of West Indies. Set to start a day later than originally scheduled (28 July), that too due to the pandemic, the series will now have only four T20Is instead of the five already planned.
This is the result of a non-playing staff from West Indies testing positive for the virus two days ago. This forced the postponement of one of their ODIs against Australia and in turn had a domino effect on the Pakistan series, prompting the PCB and CWI to call off one of the T20Is that were part of the original tour calendar. Was.
Cricket West Indies president Ricky Skerritt said: "Along with the PCB, CWI has examined various scenarios, and we jointly agree that the best solution in the current circumstances is to cancel the first T20I and the four-match T20I. I have to start the series. On Wednesday and keep the rest of the tour schedule unchanged."
Defending champions Pakistan and West Indies are both in the final stages of their preparations for the T20 World Cup to be held in the UAE from October 17.