Pakistan kicked a three -match ODE series against West Indies after winning the T20I series in Florida. Tourists crushed the West Indies by five wickets in Taraba on Friday, August 8. The hero of the night was Hasan Nawaz.
Nawaz impressed everyone with an unbeaten knock of 63 runs and a 104 -run partnership with Hussain Talat (41), who won the match. Chasing 281, Pakistan kept its quiet despite some failures in the middle overs to win with seven balls against the West Indies.
The moment between Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam goes viral from 1 OD
With this thrilling win, men in Green took a 1-0 lead in the three-match ODI series against the Caribbean side. The match on Friday gave a mild moment to fans between former Pakistan captain Babar Azam and current captain Mohammad Rizwan at Taraoba.
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At the eighth place of the West Indies innings, Sam Ayub was bowling for KC Katy, which firmly fired the ball through the cover. Babur Azam, fielding in the ring, pigeon to stop the shot. A loud call of “kappana” came from behind the stump! From Mohammad Rizwan.
I like to listen “kuppana” ~ #Babarazam 𓃵 #Babazam #Pakvswi #PakistAncrick pic.twitter.com/zhxgapobih
– 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣 (@babar_a56) August 8, 2025
That moment said smiling because Rizwan is the current ODI captain of Pakistan, while Babur led the team till the 2023 World Cup left the post. The clip quickly went viral on social media.
Babur Azam has played an important role in Pakistan’s first ODI victory
Meanwhile, Babar Azam also pasted a valuable 47 from 64 balls during the successful chase of the team against the hosts. The stylish right -handed batsman gave time to his drive and flicked beautifully, stabilizing the innings after Sam Ayub’s initial loss. Along with Abdullah Shafiq and Rizwan, Babur kept the scoreboard before falling in the 24th over.
And then Hasan Nawaz showed his class. Coming to a slightly difficult place with Pakistan, the 22 -year -old showed maturity beyond his age. He and Hussain Talat placed an unbreakable 104 runs stand, rotated the strike in a smart way and punished bad balls. Nawaz’s 54 -ball knock included three huge sixes and five fours, with the winning runs with his bat.
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Hussain Talat shines with the bat against the West Indies
Talat also played a brilliant knock of 41 runs from 37 balls against the Windies. Earlier, West Indies posted 280 in Taraoba to bat in the first ODIs. Evin Lewis scored 60 runs in 56 balls, while Captain Shai Hope added 55 and Roston Chase 53.
Pakistani bowlers had to work hard, but Shaheen Afridi returned with impressive figures of 4/51 to help tourists to keep Wandi’s batsmen under investigation. Naseem Shah also took three wickets, which included two in the back-to-back balls to end the innings.
The second ODI will be played on Sunday, August 10, and Pakistan will look at the three -match ODI series quickly, while the West Indies will aim to bounce back and keep the competition alive after losing the T20I series in Green earlier this week.