Published on: Jul 27, 2021 8:09 pm IST|Updated on: Jul 30, 2021 12:20 pm IST
WI Playing 11: West Indies will face Pakistan in the first T20I of the series here at Kensington Oval, Barbados. The hosts lost the ODI series to Australia recently but have been in good T20 form of late. They defeated Australia 4-1 in their last T20I series and will be looking to carry that form here. Players like Gayle, Russell and Dwayne Bravo give their side immense strength and pose a lot of danger for the opposition. The head-to-head record shows the competition has been one-sided with Pakistan leading West Indies 11-3. But Windies’ star players surely make them favourites for this match.
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Lendl Simmons Evin Lewis Chris Gayle Shimron Hetmyer Nicholas Pooran (wk) Kieron Pollard (C) Andre Russell Dwayne Bravo Hayden Walsh Akeal Hosein Obed McCoy
West Indies will hope their powerful batting line-up clicks. Simmons and Lewis have been excellent at the top giving them good starts. Gayle’s inconsistency will be a concern for the team management. Pollard and Pooran can be destructive in the lower middle order. In bowling, Obed McCoy has been WI’s leading fast bowler in T20Is. He will be crucial at the death along with Dwayne Bravo. It will be interesting to see how the bowlers bowl to Babar Azam at the top.
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Kieron Pollard (C), Nicholas Pooran (VC) (wk), Fabian Allen, Dwayne Bravo, Sheldon Cottrell, Fidel Edwards, Andre Fletcher (wk), Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Jason Holder, Akeal Hosein, Evin Lewis, Obed McCoy, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Kevin Sinclair, Oshane Thomas, Hayden Walsh Jr.
You can watch the ball by ball and the Live score coverage of the West Indies vs Pakistan 1st T20I match on Fancode. The match will be played on 28 July and will start at 7:30 PM (IST).
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