West Indies defeated Whitewash, Babar Azam and Rizwan conquered
When the West Indies cricket team arrived in Pakistan, it was thinking of controlling Shaheen Shah Afridi and Babar Azam, but did it know that six of its players would be bowled clean by Kod.
Despite this difficult situation, West Indies surprised their hosts by scoring 207 runs for the loss of three wickets but the brilliant batting of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan sealed the victory of Pakistan by 7 wickets.
This is the biggest target in T20 International that Pakistan has successfully crossed.
Pakistan has whitewashed for the seventh time in a three-match T20 series. This is the third time in seven of these seven West Indies teams have suffered this defeat.
How much the daily uncertainty caused by the positive code test of six players has affected the visiting team, it was only at the time of the toss, when Captain Nicholas Porn commentator Simon Doole said that there were three changes in the team. But he could only name two.
Interestingly, two changes have been made in the West Indies squad. Darren Bravo and Godakish Moti have been given the opportunity to play due to the cod of Akil Hussain and Shy Hope. This is Moti's first T20 International.
The Pakistani team also came on the field with two changes. Haris Rauf and Shaheen Shah Afridi were rested and Muhammad Hasnain and Shahnawaz Dhani were included in the team.
West Indies had chased the target in the previous two matches in which they did not win, this time they took advantage of winning the toss and decided to set a target for the Pakistani team.
Traditional West Indian glimpse
The start that the West Indies needed was provided by Brendon King's aggressive batting. He hit two fours in Nawaz's first over and then in his second over with two fours and a six. Mohammad Hasnain could not escape his aggression.
Muhammad Wasim Jr. managed to stop the storm in his first over. King faced just 31 balls and scored 43 runs with the help of two sixes and seven fours.
The other opener Brooks also made the Pakistani bowlers dance to the beat. He would have become the wicket of Muhammad Nawaz on the score of 27 but on long on Hasnain and Iftikhar kept thinking who should get the catch. Taking advantage of this, Brooks scored 49 runs which included 2 fours and 4 sixes. Even an intelligent bowler like Shadab Khan could not save himself from him whose three sixes in the second over aroused the interest of a small number of spectators.
Captain Nicholas Puran did not let his nervousness over the toss dominate the batting. After Iftikhar Ahmed hit two sixes in one over, he also targeted Muhammad Hasnain and hit two fours and a six in his over to end his four overs at a costly 49-run mark.
Nicholas also surpassed King and Brooks in terms of sixes. His brilliant innings of 64 runs included 2 fours and 6 sixes.
Nicholas Pooran added 93 runs for the third wicket partnership with Darren Bravo off just 49 balls. Bravo remained unbeaten on 34 but reached it due to two negligence in fielding. First Shadab Khan dropped his catch on his own ball and then Babar Azam gave him a chance to escape on Muhammad Wasim's ball.
Who stopped Babar and Rizwan?
The Pakistani team had earlier surpassed the biggest target by scoring 204 runs in Centurion against South Africa that year. Today, to improve his record, he once again looked to Babar Azam and Muhammad Rizwan, who have been out of control this year.
The duo completed their sixth century partnership on just 61 balls. It is noteworthy that all these six century partnerships he has established in the same year.
Mohammad Rizwan completed his half-century off 26 balls with four fours and three sixes while Babar Azam played forty balls for his half-century which included seven fours.
With a score of 158, West Indies got their first victory in the form of Babar Azam's wicket which was bowled out for 79 off 53 balls. The innings included 9 fours and 2 sixes.
Mohammad Rizwan was dismissed for 87 runs with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes. Pakistan needed only 24 runs to win. Before reaching that Pakistan lost the wicket of Fakhr Zaman. In the presence of Asif Ali and Iftikhar Ahmed, Pakistan bowled seven balls. Crossed the floor before.
Asif Ali did not disappoint his fans and scored an unbeaten 21 off just seven balls with the help of two fours and two sixes.
Memorable year for Pakistan
This year, Pakistan has played 29 Twenty20 Internationals in which it has won 20, lost 6 and left 3 incomplete.
Mohammad Rizwan ended 2021 with the highest score of 1326 runs in T20 Internationals which includes one century and 12 half centuries.
Babar Azam is the second highest run scorer in T20 Internationals this year. He has scored 939 runs, including one century and nine half-centuries.