Pak vs wi 1st t20i: The Pakistan cricket team started the three-match T20 series against the West Indies with a stunning victory. In the first match played on Saturday, Pakistan defeated the hosts by 14 runs to take a 1-0 lead. With this victory, the sixth consecutive T20 defeat was recorded on the domestic land of the West Indies, while in the last 19 matches it has been losing his 17th.
Saim Ayub’s stormy half -century
After winning the toss, the Pakistan team came out to bat first and scored a strong score of 179 at the loss of 7 wickets. The team’s young opener Saim Ayub gave the team a great start by scoring more than 50 runs. Although the West Indies bowlers kept the ‘Pace of’ strategy and stopped the rung in the middle overs, but in the last 5 overs, Pakistan’s batsmen scored fast runs.
Pakistan scored 58 runs in the last 31 balls, which included the innings of Hasan Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf and Mohammad Haris.
Spinners overturned
The West Indies had a brilliant start and added 50 plus runs without losing wickets in the powerplay, but after that Pakistan’s spinners took the front and performed superb bowling.
Mohammad Nawaz took three wickets for only 23 runs in four overs and broke the back of the Caribbean middle order.
All -rounder Saim Ayub took two wickets while performing brilliantly in bowling after batting.
Fast bowler Shaheen Afridi took one wicket for 27 runs in 4 overs.
West Indies again collapsed expectations
Chasing the target, the innings of the West Indies was reduced to 165 runs at the loss of 8 wickets. In the last over, Jason Holder scored 30 runs in 12 balls with the help of four sixes, but by then it was too late.
The result is not just 14 runs, the strategy wins
Although this match in the scorecard shows a difference of only 14 runs, but in reality it was Pakistan’s strategic victory. Especially the spin department completely changed the match in the middle overs.
When is the next match?
Now the second T20 match of the series will be played on Sunday at Indian time, in which the West Indies will try to return and Pakistan would like to maintain the rhythm of victory.
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