KARACHI – Pakistan has won the toss and decided to bat first in the secondT20 against West Indies.

Pakistan will look to continue their dominance over West Indies when thetwo sides face off in the second T20I at the National Stadium on Monday.

The match is slated to start at 7:30pm. Pakistan team is expected to remainunchanged. West Indies have been dealt another blow, with their bowlerVeerasammy Permaul ruled out of the remaining games after suffering anankle injury during the opening match.

In the first T20I on Sunday, Pakistan thrashed the West Indies by 143 runsto record the joint-highest score in the shortest format of the game, withthe previous best also being 203-5 against Bangladesh in 2008, also inKarachi.

West Indies is the first international team to visit Karachi since theattack on Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009.

The first T20I match will be played between Pakistan and West Indies onApril 1, second on 2 and third on April 3 respectively.

Pakistan vs West Indies 1st T20I will be played at National Stadium inKarachi. All the three matches in the series will be played in the samestadium.

*Squads*

*Pakistan:* Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, AsifAli, Sarfraz Ahmed(c), Hussain Talat, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, ShadabKhan, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali, Rahat Ali, Usman Khan, Shaheen Afridi.

*West Indies:* Jason Mohammed(c), Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, AndreFletcher, Andre McCarthy, Keemo Paul, Veerasammy Permaul, Rovman Powell,Denesh Ramdin, Marlon Samuels, Odean Smith, Chadwick Walton, KesrickWilliams.