Pakistan will face the West Indies in the third of the three-match T20I series. This article provides details about the West Indies’ Playing 11 vs Pakistan for the third match of the series.
West Indies Playing 11 vs Pakistan- 3rd T20I, Pakistan tour of West Indies 2025:
Openers: Alick Athanaze, Jewel Andrew (wk)
West Indies would be relieved after breaking the losing streak across formats in international cricket as the Shai Hope-led side won the second T20I against Pakistan on the last ball.
Although the home side won the match, it came after a lot of topsy-turvy moments in the chase, which went right down till the last over, and it took an all-round performance from senior statsman Jason Holder to pull off the match.
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The former Windies captain got the ball rolling in favour of the team with a four for in the first innings and followed with a match-winning cameo with the bat.
West Indies would look to keep the winning momentum going in the final match of the series and register an important series win in international cricket.
The hosts are expected to go into the decider with an unchanged XI as it seems like they have finally found their ideal combination, which includes eight specialist batters and Gudkesh Motie, who can be used as a floater.
If the Men in Maroon decide to go with the same combination, then it will be Alick Athanaze and Jewel Andrew who will open the batting for the team
Both openers would wish to get things and build a solid partnership for the first wicket in the upcoming game as they were unable to do so in the second game of the series.
Both Athanaze and Andrew would also want to get some runs under their belt individually to gain confidence for the matches to come.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Shai Hope (c), Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, Keacy Carty, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder
More than the openers, the team management would be concerned about the performance, or the lack of it, of the team’s middle order, which made a fairly easy target of 134 look daunting.
Other than Shai Hope and Gudakesh Motie, no batter was able to cross the 20-run mark. As a result, the West Indies were on the brink of yet another loss, and it took a small but timely partnership between Holder and Shepherd to take the team home.
The coach and the captain would bank on the middle order to come good in the third and final game of the series.
The responsibility will be on the shoulders of Roston Chase, Sherfane Rutherford, and Keacy Carty to bat according to the situation in the next match.
Bowlers: Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Shamar Joseph
Unlike the batting, the hosts would be happy with the way the bowlers bowled in the second outing in the series.
The bowling effort was led by Jason Holder, who broke the back of Pakistan’s batting lineup with figures of 4 for 19, and was well supported by other bowlers as well.
Holder also became the highest wicket-taker for the West Indies in T20 cricket following what eventually proved to be a match-winning spell.
As far as the performance of the other bowlers is concerned, all of them chipped in with timely wickets for the team, with Hosein, Joseph, and Shepherd picking up one wicket each, while Motie clinched a couple of wickets.
