Published on: Aug 1, 2021 5:00 pm IST|Updated on: Aug 1, 2021 1:29 pm IST
West Indies vs Pakistan Dream11: The West Indies will be squaring off to Pakistan for the 3rd T20I in quick succession. The first game was abandoned due to rain. However, Pakistan, registered a win by seven runs in the second T20I to get a lead by 1-0 lead in the series. Batting first, Pakistan posted a target of 157/8 in the first innings. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan carried on their terrific run of form with the bat as they scored valuable knocks of 51 and 46 respectively. As for the West Indies, it was a one man show by Nicholas Pooran as he struck 62 runs from just 33 deliveries. The West Indies will be keen on bouncing back in order to stay alive in the series, and it could turn out to be another exciting affair.
Fixture Name: 3rd T20I, West Indies vs Pakistan
Date: 1 August
Time: 8:30 PM IST
Ground: Providence Stadium, Guyana
Team Form Guide (T20Is):
West Indies: LWLW
Pakistan: WLLW
Pitch Report: The wicket at Guayana does look batting friendly in the initial overs, but did slow down as time went by. The average first innings score is that of 150, and the team winning the toss could opt to bat first.
Watch West Indies vs Pakistan Live score and streaming on the Fan Code App.
WI Team News
Injury Update, Unavailability
L Simmons and E Lewis will be assessed prior to the game.
Expected Team Line-Up
Lendl Simmons, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (WK), Kieron Pollard (C), Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo, Hayden Walsh Jr, Fidel Edwards, Akeal Hosein
PAK Team News
No injury concerns
Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam (C), Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Azam Khan, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Usman Qadir
Captain Options
Babar Azam is the usual choice as he scored his 20th half century in T20 Internationals. The Pakistani captain has 2153 runs from 57 T20Is, while batting with an average of 46.8.
Nicholas Pooran played a scintillating knock of 63 runs from 43 deliveries, that comprises of four fours and six sixes. Pooran will take plenty of confidence heading into the third T20I.
Differential Picks
Mohammad Rizwan played yet another vital knock of 46 runs in the previous game. The wicket-keeper batsman has scored 1065 runs from 41 T20Is, which includes nine fifties, a hundred and an average of 48.4.
Jason Holder’s spell of 4/26 was one of the highlights of the 2nd T20I. The all-rounder could once again prove to be lethal with his swing, movement and variations.
WK: N Pooran (VC), M Rizwan BAT: C Gayle, K Pollard, B Azam (C) AR: M Hafeez, D Bravo, J Holder BOW: H Ali, S Afridi, H Walsh
WK: N Pooran, M Rizwan (C) BAT: K Pollard, B Azam, S Hetmeyer AR: M Hafeez, J Holder (VC), M Wasim BOW: H Ali, U Qadir, H Walsh
WK: A Fletcher, M Rizwan BAT: C Gayle (C), E Lewis, B Azam AR: D Bravo, J Holder, S Khan BOW: A Hosein, U Qadir (VC), S Afridi
Click to join our Telegram Channel to get updated Dream11 team