Pakistan cricket team leave for West Indies

By jazbablog - Sat Apr 24, 5:21 pm

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Pakistan cricket team has left for the West Indies to defend the World Twenty20 title on Saturday.

Captain Shahid Afridi remains adamant that despite the setbacks, Pakistan still has the firepower to do well in the tournament and retain the trophy.

He also allayed fears that he will not be able to perform due to the added burden of captaincy. “I like to lead the team from the front because it’s my style and I always believe in an aggressive approach,” Afridi said. “Twenty20 is very tough and demanding cricket and we can’t afford to take any team slightly, not even Bangladesh as they possess a number of highly-talented cricketers i their team.”

Pakistan is the most successful team in the history of Twenty20 cricket having won 22 out of the 30 internationals it has played.

They have been finalists in both editions of the World Twenty20, losing to India under the captaincy of Shoaib Malik by five runs in 2007 and beating Sri Lanka by five wickets in 2009 lead by Younus Khan.

The team has left for the West Indies, with Sami and Mohammad Asif will traveling separately. The pair will join the squad in St Lucia and London respectively. Sami does not have a UK visa and will therefore proceed to the West Indies via New York.

Asif, meanwhile, has been banned from entering the UAE. He will proceed to London from Lahore and will join the squad following their overnight stop-over in England.