Rizwan, Haider and bowlers star in clinical victory
A clinical exhibition from Pakistan assisted them with starting to lead the pack in the three-match T20I series as they pounded West Indies by 63 runs in Karachi on Monday (December 13). Riding on Mohammad Rizwan and Haider Ali's half-hundreds of years in a 105-run second wicket remain, alongside an appearance from Mohammad Nawaz, Pakistan posted 200/6. West Indies, in answer, could just oversee 137 as Mohammad Wasim and Shadab Khan caused the majority of the harm with the ball.
Rizwan gives the stage
It was in the opening over when Akeal Hosein moved one to turn away strongly from Babar Azam and tracked down the edge to excuse the Pakistan captain for a duck. Fakhar Zaman was attempting to hurry up during the powerplay and at last succumbed to a run-a-ball 10, hoodwinked by Romario Shepherd's difference in pace. In any case, West Indies couldn't stop a bustling Mohammad Rizwan at the opposite end. The wicketkeeper-hitter scored ordinary limits and furthermore ran hard between wickets, in any event, pushing it very close on several events, as he assisted Pakistan with finishing the powerplay on 44. Haider Ali was delayed to get going with yet Rizwan guaranteed Pakistan's scoring rate didn't plunge. Hosein finished a fine spell, getting done with 1-19 toward the finish of the eleventh over, with Haider Ali just overseeing 12 off 14 at that stage. However, Rizwan's 34-ball fifty, which was likewise his twelfth fifty or more score this year, gave a solid stage to Pakistan.
Haider and Nawaz give the prospering end
Haider got rolling in the twelfth over in which 20 fell off Odean Smith, with the No. 4 scoring 14 of those runs including two or three dirty fours to help Pakistan past 100. A slice-over point for a six and an excoriate behind square on the offside gave Haider a six and a four off debutant Dominic Drakes while he got another four by means of an inside edge off Smith and cleared long-on to raise a 28-ball 50 years. Notwithstanding Rizwan, Asif Ali, and Iftikhar Ahmed falling in progressive overs, Haider was tracking down the runs at the opposite finish to assist Pakistan with gaining great headway. Odean Smith, in the interim, got done with 1-56 from his four overs. Shepherd had 2-23 from his initial three overs yet he was dismantled in his last over by Mohammad Nawaz, who struck three fours and a six over long-off in the nineteenth over which yielded 21 runs. Drakes excused Haider in the last finished yet Nawaz cleared the fence for the second time in his innings and stayed unbeaten on 30 off 10 to assist Pakistan with getting done with a major aggregate.
Were the West Indies truly in the chase?
By overseeing 50 in the powerplay, six a bigger number of than Pakistan, West Indies were somewhat ahead. Yet, they had likewise lost an additional wicket at that stage contrasted with Pakistan, including the significant scalp of captain Nicholas Pooran. Later Brandon King fell ahead of schedule to Nawaz, Pooran was examining inauspicious touch, scoring two or three sixes. In any case, he was stunned by a great yorker by Wasim, who likewise improved Devon Thomas with a full conveyance. When the midway phase of their innings was finished, they had lost a large portion of their side. Shai Hope, who needed to bear the obligation of keeping West Indies in the pursuit, was excused for a 26-ball 31, out leg-before to Shadab in the tenth over in the wake of missing a compass. The other debutant in the game, Shamarh Brooks, was astonished in something very similar for a 15-ball 5.
West Indies end up miles short
The pursuit was escaping West Indies' grip and keeping in mind that Rovman Powell (23 off 15) attempted to resuscitate the innings, Pakistan was consistently ahead with the customary wickets. Dominic Drakes tumbled to Haris Rauf while Shadab sacked his third when Powell mis-hit one and saw Nawaz clutch a decent catch in the profound. Wasim was struck for two fours and a six by Shepherd while Smith took the assault to Shaheen Afridi. However, Wasim polished it off in the nineteenth over, having both Shepherd and Oshane Thomas bowled, to wrap up with his professional best figures in T20Is.
Brief scores: Pakistan 200/6 in 20 overs (Mohammad Rizwan 78, Haider Ali 68; Romario Shepherd 2-43) beat West Indies 137 in 19 overs (Shai Hope 31; Mohammad Wasim 4-40, Shadab Khan 3-17) by 63 runs.