Pakistan beat West Indies by 7 runs in 2nd T20I match of the series.
The second match of the T20I series was played yesterday between West Indies and Pakistan at Providence Stadium, Guyana, in which Pakistan beat West Indies by 7 runs.
West Indies won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat, Pakistan batting first scored 157 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs, Pakistan started well, Sarjeel Khan and Mohammad Rizwan came to open the innings, and gave a good start , the first wicket of the innings fell for 46 runs, Sarjeel Khan was dismissed for 20 runs in 16 balls, the next batsman Babar Azam came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership with Mohammad Rizwan, the second wicket of the innings fall in 113 runs, Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 46 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 2 boundaries in just 36 balls, after that Fakhar Zaman came to bat, and played well with Babar Azam, third wicket of the innings dismissed for 134 runs, Babar Azam dismissed after playing a brilliant half-century inning of 51 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 boundaries in just 40 balls, the next batsman Mohammad Hafeez came to bat, and he dismissed just for 6 runs in 6 balls as the fourth wicket, next batsman Hasan Ali came came to bat, meanwhile the fifth wicket also fell in 145 runs, Fakhar Zaman was dismissed after scoring 15 runs in 11 balls, the next batsman Shoaib Maqsood came to bat, meanwhile the sixth wicket of the inning fell for 150 runs, Hasan Ali was dismissed without scoring, the next batsman Shadab Khan came to bat, meanwhile the seventh wicket of the inning also fell in 150 runs, Shoaib Maqsood was dismissed for 5 runs in 4 balls, followed by Mohammad Wasim Jr came to bat, and he remained unbeaten for 1 run, and Shadab Khan also dismissed in the last of the inning as eighth wicket for 5 runs in 4 balls. In this way, Pakistan batting first after losing the toss scored 157 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs and set a target of 158 runs in front of West Indies.
West Indies bowler Jason Holder performed brilliantly in his spell took 4 wickets for just 26 runs, and Romario Shepherd took 2 wickets.
West Indies chasing 158 runs in the second inning, they could manage just 150 runs in the stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, and the match was lost by just 7 runs. West Indies did not start well, Andre Fletcher and Evin Lewis came to start the inning, the first wicket of the innings fell for no runs, Andre Fletcher was dismissed for no run, the next batsman Chris Gayle came to bat, and played well with Evin Lewis, the second wicket of the inning fell for 31 runs, Chris Gayle was dismissed for 16 runs in 20 balls, then Simran Hit Meier came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant partnership of 39 runs with Evin Lewis, third wicket of the inning fell for 70 runs, Simran Hit Meier was dismissed for 17 off 18 balls, the next batsman Nicholas Pooran came to bat, and played well with Evin Lewis, meanwhile Evin Lewis retd had to be hurt due to injury, Evin Lewis scored 35 runs in 33 balls, followed by Kiran Pollard came to bat, handled the inning and played a brilliant half-century partnership of 70 runs with Nicholas Pooran, the fourth wicket of the inning fell in 140 runs, Kiran Pollard dismissed for 13 runs 14 balls, next batsman Jason Holder came to bat, and he remains unbeaten without playing a ball, and Nicholas Pooran played a brilliant unbeaten quick half-century inning of 62 runs with the help of 6 sixes and 4 boundries in just 33 balls, but unfortunattly cann't reach the target for just 7 runs. In this way, West Indies chasing 158 runs in the second innings, could manage just 150 runs in the stipulated 20 overs for the loss of 4 wickets, as a result, the match was lost by just 7 runs.
Pakistan bowlers Mohammad Hafeez, Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, and Mohammad Wasim Jr took 1-1 wicket.
Pakistan's all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has adjudged the best player of the match, he performed brilliant bowling, took 1 wicket for just 6 runs in his 4 overs spell.
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