Pakistan bat, Hayden Walsh replaces injured Devon Thomas

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2021-12-14 18:32:50

A scarcity of to be had gamers was once one conceivable explanation why for West Indies changing a batter with a legspinner

Toss Pakistan choose to bat v West Indies

Pakistan captain Babar Azam selected to bat in the second one T20I towards West Indies, with the hosts taking a look to seal the collection after profitable the opener convincingly on Monday.

Whilst Pakistan have been unchanged, West Indies have been pressured to make one exchange with their No. 4 Devon Thomas out injured. Legspinner Hayden Walsh Jr took his position.

After West Indies didn’t chase after profitable the toss on Monday, their captain Nicholas Pooran mentioned he would have preferred to bat first, and was hoping his gamers may execute their plans higher with the ball in a must-win recreation.

West Indies’ number of changing a batter with a spin bowler might be because of the loss of to be had squad participants. Ahead of the collection started, batting allrounders Roston Chase, Kyle Mayers and rapid bowler Sheldon Cottrell have been dominated out after trying out sure for Covid-19 upon arrival in Pakistan.

A number of the batters, Darren Bravo was once additionally dominated out with what a CWI unlock termed “a non COVID comparable sickness”.

Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt), 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Haider Ali, 5 Asif Ali, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Haris Rauf, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Mohammad Wasim Jr

West Indies: West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Shai Hope, 3 Nicholas Pooran (capt, wk), 4 Shamarh Brooks, 5 Rovman Powell, 6 Odean Smith, 7 Dominic Drakes, 8 Hayden Walsh Jr, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Romario Shepherd, 11 Oshane Thomas

Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx

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