KARACHI – Skipper Sarfraz Ahmed has set eyes on a clean sweep of the WestIndies in order to retain the top T20 team ranking for Pakistan.

A 3-0 victory will take Pakistan four points clear of Australia, who hadclosed in on them following a 2-0 series win over New Zealand last month.Pakistan and Australia are both currently on 126 points, with Pakistanahead on decimal points, as per the International Cricket Council (ICC)rankings.

A 2-1 win for Pakistan will not change the position or points for eitherside, while a 2-1 win for the Windies will pull Pakistan down to the secondspot with 123 points, just two more than third-placed India.

“Definitely, we [are aiming for] clean sweep, but [we won’t be taking WestIndies lightly]. Their team is quite strong, their players have beenplaying a lot of T20 cricket,” said the skipper.

Sarfraz said that all attempts will be made to give opportunities to theyoungsters in the team.

“We have very important tours coming up. England, South Africa.. We want togive confidence to the youngsters to [prepare them for the World Cup 2019].”

The 30-year old hailed the return of international cricket to Karachi aftera hiatus of nine years.