West Indies head coach Phil Simmons on Saturday said that his team have finalised their strategy to play against Pakistan during their ODI and T20I series, scheduled to start in Karachi from Monday, according to a news outlet.
“The series will be interesting and our sole focus is on cricket only. Pakistan have been playing great cricket in T20Is while we will look to compete in ODIs. We have plotted plans to deal with Shaheen Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan. Shaheen is one of the best bowlers currently while Babar and Rizwan have been fantastic as openers. We have plan A, B and C for them,” he said.
“We have young players in our team. We want to see how they play against Shaheen. Playing against Pakistan in Pakistan is like a challenge. Our players will be tested under this pressure. The wicket suits the local team but we want to play freely and forget past results.” he added.
Talking about security arrangements, Phil Simmons said:Â “We are very satisfied with the security. The facilities provided are excellent, it was nice to come to Pakistan after a long time. I have always enjoyed coming to Pakistan. There was no problem of any kind. The situation was different when I came here as a player. Now I can’t go anywhere because of Covid-19.”
