"This tour is a further major step for our friends at the PCB to bring their cricket back home, and we are pleased that our players and support staff have recognized this and supported this venture," Cricket West Indies chief executive Johnny Grave said. "We have made it very clear to the players and support staff that had personal reservations about this tour that we fully understand and respect their position," he added. As per the Associated Press, some 6,000 security personnel will guard the area around the National Stadium and armed guards will travel with the West Indies team from its hotel to the stadium. Karachi will host the West Indies for a three match series from April 1-3, and will see the likes of Chris Gayle, Andre Fletcher and others. The city of lights last hosted an international game in 2009 when Sri Lanka played a test match before an attack by gunmen on its team bus in Lahore shut the door of international cricket on Pakistan.