Nida Dar leaves Pakistan camp after father’s demise ahead of ODI series against West Indies

Pakistan women’s all-rounder Nida Dar has left the national squad as her father Rashid Hassan passed away on Friday morning, November 5. She has left the team’s camp in order to attend her father’s funeral. Ahead of the series against West Indies, Nida Dar was engaged with the team for the preparations of the same.

Her inclusion in the side for the upcoming ODI series is in doubt. The Pakistan Cricket Board, (PCB) is yet to provide confirmation about her availability. However, the board is expected to clear about the same soon.

Nida Dar is not likely to participate in West Indies ODIs

The two teams are scheduled to lock horns with each other for three ODIs. The matches will take place between November 8 to 14. All the games will be played at the National Stadium in Karachi. It was earlier reported that at least 368 Police Special Security Unit (SSU) commandos along with 500 police and law enforcement agencies personnel will provide their services for the West Indies Women Cricket Team tour.

This decision was taken in a meeting that was attended by the senior officers of police, Army, Rangers, PCB, and all stakeholders. The meeting was held at the SSU headquarters wherein DIG Security and Emergency Services Division, Maqsood Ahmed was in charge of the meeting. As previously reported a specialized command and control bus will also be made available around the stadium to look after the law-and-order situation.

Opening up on the tour, the Cricket West Indies CEO had earlier asserted that this will act as a great preparatory measure for the side ahead of the World Cup Qualifiers that will begin on November 21.

“This reciprocal tour to Pakistan is an important part of our preparation plans ahead of the World Cup qualifying tournament that is scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe in mid-November. This tour to Pakistan will give the team the chance to play in different conditions compared to the Caribbean and have more high-level competitive cricket ahead of aiming to secure one of the three qualifying spots available for the Women’s Cricket World Cup next year,” Johnny Grave, Cricket West Indies’ CEO had earlier said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo.