Pakistan will take on the West Indies in the third of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about Pakistan’s Playing 11 vs West Indies for the third match of the series.
Pakistan Playing 11 vs West Indies- 3rd T20I, Pakistan tour of West Indies 2025:
Openers: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan
Pakistan lost the second T20I against the West Indies by a close margin on the last ball of the match and would like to make a strong comeback in the series in the final game.
One of the major reasons for Pakistan’s loss in the last match was the failure of the batting department, as none of the batters who got starts went on to prolong their innings after the team got off to a poor start in the powerplay.
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The likes of Fakhar Zaman, who is one of the senior batters in the squad, were dismissed after scoring 20 runs off 19 balls, and were followed by Hasan Nawaz and captain Salman Ali Agha.
Nawaz and Agha scored 40 and 38 runs respectively, but got out at crucial moments in the game.
Pakistan’s management would hope that this was a one-off batting collapse and that it doesn’t take place in the decider.
All things said, the visitors would bank on the same batting combination to come good in the upcoming match and they are expected to open the batting with Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan.
The duo would look to get the team off to an aggressive start and put the pressure on the opposition bowlers.
Ayub, who scored a half-century in the series opener, would want to get things back on track and play a match-winning knock to help his team register a crucial series win.
His opening partner, Sahibzada Farhan, would also hope for the same after failing to score runs in the first two matches.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Haris (wk), Salman Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf
The Salman Ali Agha-led side would wish for a much-improved performance from the middle-order batters as compared to the way they batted in the previous match.
The trio of Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha, and Hasan Nawaz will have to take responsibility upon themselves and guide the team to an above-par total while batting first.
The batters would also want good support from all-rounders Mohammad Nawaz and Faheem Ashraf, lower down the order.
Despite the disappointment of the previous match, the Men in Green will back themself to win the match as they have an inform batting lineup.
Bowlers: Shaheen Afridi, Hasan Ali, Sufiyan Muqeem
As far as the bowling performance is concerned, it was like chalk and cheese as compared to the team’s effort with the bat in the second of the three T20Is.
It was the spinners who did most of the damage and helped the visitors almost pull off a memorable win over the West Indies while defending a low total.
The trio of Mohammd Nawaz, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Saim Ayub picked up seven of the eight West Indian wickets to fall and made things difficult for the batters.
The spinners didn’t get much support from any of the fast bowlers except Shaheen Afridi, who tried his best to defend eight runs in the last over but couldn’t prevent a boundary on the last ball.
Having said that, Pakistan would trust the bowlers to get the job done in the final match of the series.
