Will take on Pakistan West indies In the first of the three-match ODI series. This article offers details about the play of Pakistan’s 11 vs. West Indies for the first match of the series.
Pakistan is playing 11 vs West Indies- 1 ODI, West Indies Pakistan Tour 2025:
Opener: Abdullah Shafiq, Sam Ayub
After winning a 2–1 series against the West Indies, Pakistan will be high on confidence, as men in Green were undergoing a lean patch after a shocking series defeat against Bangladesh.
Former ODI World Cup winners want to take the victory pace of the T20I series to the same opposition to the ODI match.
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The Men in Green will be headed by Mohammad Rizwan for the ODI of the tour, which sees the return of experienced players like Nasim Shah and former captain Babar Azam.
Saying that Pakistan gave a major blow before the start of the series, in which senior batsman Fakhar Zaman was dropped from all three ODIs.
Fakhar’s injury means that Pakistan is sure to open batting with Sam Ayub and Abdullah Shafiq in the initial match of at least the series.
The pair is relatively inexperienced in the ODI format of the game and wants to take maximum advantage of the opportunity in their way.
There is not much to talk about the performance of both openers as the two have played a total of 33 matches, with Shafiq a senior partner with 24 ODI performances.
On the other hand, Ayub has played only nine ODIs in his international career so far.
Middle-order batsman and all-rounders: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan (wk/c), Salman Ali Aga, Hasan Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz
The lack of experience at the top will be covered by a mid -order, including the choice of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Ali Aga.
Babur Azam and Mohammad Rizwan will play an international match after a long time and as senior batsmen of the team want to move their best legs forward.
The experienced pair of Babur and Rizwan will be followed by Salman Ali Aga, who in a short time, has made a name for himself as a reliable middle-order batsman and would like to perform accordingly.
A major decision that visitors need to make, is who will play at number six and complete the role of Finisher, which Inchikhar Ahmed used to do in the past.
The toss-up will be between Hasan Nawaz and Mohammad Haris, and can pipe the latter in the previous race.
Bowler: Shaheen Afridi, Nasim Shah, Abrar Ahmed
Pakistan wants its bowlers to be placed in a strong show with the ball, as they had done in the T20I series against the same protest.
It will be on the experienced fast bowling pair of Shaheen Afridi and Nasim Shah. Like Naseem Shaheen, you would like to correct things from the first ball, who will expect to build on their good outings in the T20I series.
Faheem Ashraf is expected to be an all-rounder to be rapidly aligned that the male in green is searching in all three formats to provide very important stability to the team.
The spin bowling department will be handled by Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Nawaz, both will see to pressurize and take wickets in the middle overs.
