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Sarfraz Ahmed called correctly as Pakistan elected to bowl in the first Twenty20 International at Kensington Oval at Bridgetown.

Kamran Akmal returned to the side for the first time in close to three years and will play as a specialist batsman. He will most-likely open the innings with another comeback man Ahmed Shehzad, who last played an international at the World T20 in India last year.

Eighteen-year old legspinner Shadab Khan, who impressed for Islamabad United at PSL 2017, was handed an international debut.

West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite was happy to bat first and confident of making up for the disappointment of a 3-0 loss to Pakistan the last time the two sides met in this format, in UAE late last year. Rovman Powell, the allrounder, was handed a T20I debut. The experienced T20 trio of Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine and Samuel Badree returned to bolster the line-up.
This is the first of four T20Is, with the next three to be held in Trinidad & Tobago.

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West Indies and Pakistan have only played four completed T20 internationals since last year's World T20, a number they are set to double in this series. The sample might not seem like much to go on, but the scale of their contrasting fortunes - Pakistan haven't lost any while West Indies have only one win - promises an intriguing narrative.



Neither side has played a T20I since Pakistan beat West Indies 3-0 in the UAE last year. Both sides, however, are going through wretched runs of form, combining to win just two of their 17 games since then.

What might differentiate the teams is the mood heading into this tour. While reasons for cheer in West Indies cricket are scarce at the moment, Pakistan are in buoyant spirits after a successful Pakistan Super League, the final of which was held at a packed Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, foreign players and all. There are no less than five players in Pakistan's squad who directly owe their inclusion to impressive performances in the PSL this season, including Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad. The dampener is the absence of explosive opener Sharjeel Khan, provisionally suspended in the wake of the corruption scandal that engulfed the PSL.

West Indies' squad is an analyst's nightmare, with teams varying wildly from one series to the next. The team that played their last T20I, for example, included just two players from the side that won them the World T20 less than six months prior to that. However, the management has brought back some T20 stars for this series, with Lendl Simmons and Samuel Badree notable returnees. With Kieron Pollard, Sunil Narine, Carlos Brathwaite and Marlon Samuels all in, this appears to be as strong a squad as West Indies could have hoped to assemble.


Form guide

West Indies: LLLWW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Pakistan: WWWWL

In the spotlight

Carlos Brathwaite has yet to fire since being named West Indies' T20I captain in the aftermath of that manic World T20 final against England. The four times he's batted since, he has made 14, 18, 0 and 8. It could be argued he's too good a power hitter not to bat higher up the order, but the West Indies side is replete with explosive batsmen, and if he is to make his mark, it may end up being lower down. With the first T20I in his hometown of Barbados, Brathwaite might just get the extra motivation he needs.


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Carlos Brathwaite is yet to replicate his World T20 heroics © Getty Images
Babar Azam is something of a peculiarity among Pakistan batsmen, in that he has been remarkably consistent. He has scored four hundreds in his last eight ODI games. What he could improve on is converting good T20 starts into big scores, and with him likely to open the batting in the absence of Khalid Latif and Sharjeel Khan, this is an ideal opportunity

Team news

West Indies could go into this match with a healthy blend of youth and experience. The WICB announced on the eve of the first match that Andre Fletcher, Jonathan Carter and Veerasammy Permaul had been released from the original 16-man squad for the first two matches. Fletcher's absence means the in-form Chadwick Walton, who scored a century against the English tourists in a 50-over warm-up match last month, will most likely take over the gloves and open the batting with Evin Lewis.

West Indies (probable): 1 Chadwick Walton (wk), 2 Evin Lewis, 3 Marlon Samuels, 4 Lendl Simmons, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Jason Mohammed, 7 Carlos Brathwaite (capt), 8 Sunil Narine, 9 Jason Holder, 10 Samuel Badree, 11 Jerome Taylor

It remains to be seen how many of the young players, who broke through during the PSL, end up being included. The older returnees - Kamran Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad - are expected to slot back in straightaway. With Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Wahab Riaz, Usman Khan and Sohail Tanvir all part of the squad, Pakistan's fast bowling looks ominous.

Pakistan (probable): 1 Ahmed Shehzad, 2 Babar Azam, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Kamran Akmal, 5 Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Sohail Tanvir, 9 Rumman Raees, 10 Hasan Ali, 11 Wahab

The Kensington Oval surface has regularly produced high-scoring T20 internationals. All completed CPL games last season produced at least one total above 170. There is a slight chance of rain in the afternoon, although it is not expected to prevent a full contest.

Stats and trivia
  • The Kensington Oval is yet to see a score above 200. In the 16 T20 internationals held here, the highest total was Sri Lanka's 195 for 3 during the World T20 in 2010

  • Kamran Akmal has not played a T20 international since the World T20 in 2014. His last game was also against West Indies. He was dismissed for 0 as Pakistan lost by 84 runs - their third-heaviest defeat in T20Is.
 
West Indies 14/1 (2.4/20 over)
Pakistan


Pakistan won the toss and elected to field

West Indies RR 5.25

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West Indies 49/6 (10.5/20 over)


West Indies RR 4.52
Last 5 ovs 16/5 RR 3.20


Shadab Khan .. Two wickets in his first over in international cricket
 
18 year old Shadab khan had amazing start..best ever debutant by any bowler in history of t20

conceded just 7 runs in 4 overs with 3 wickets
 
Shadab made a record of best figures for a debutee
 
West Indies 111/8 (20/20 over)
Pakistan 115/4 (17.1/20 over)


Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

Pakistan RR 6.69
Last 5 ovs 46/1 RR 9.20

West Indies RR 5.55
 
Great job by Shadab Khan, did this guy play in PSL?
 
Great job by Shadab Khan, did this guy play in PSL?
yea he played in PSL after playing under 18 .. he performed well in PSL and was picked by shah rukh khan team in CPL for $30000 and then selector gave him chance to play his first t20 against WI
 
Shadab Khan was real pleasure to watch. It felt soooooo good to see that young guy all pumped up and he had every reason to be!! Picked up 3 wickets from his first 8 balls in international cricket!! AMAZING.

The team performance overall was good as well. Great game to win and it is always good to win the series opener!! I hope we can now move forward and do well on the tour overall.

Happy for our team.
 
Teenage leg-spinner Shadab Khan produced an outstanding debut performance as Pakistan completed a comfortable six-wicket victory over the West Indies in the first fixture of a four-match Twenty20 international series at Kensington Oval on Sunday.

PSL’s young sensation Shadab Khan launched his international career on Sunday with an impressive record-breaking performance against West Indies at Barbados.


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Shadab ended his four over quotas on debut with three wickets, conceding only seven runs at an economy rate of 1.75, which is the most economical four-over bowling spell by a debutant in T20Is.

His performance also earned him the man of the match award on his international debut, making him only second Pakistani player to win a man-of-the-match award on his Twenty 20 international debut after Shahid Afridi.


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Lendl Simmons drags one back onto the stumps off Shadab Khan.


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Shoaib Malik is congratulated by his captain after the winning runs are hit.



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Hasan Ali foxed debutant Rovman Powell with an off cutter.


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Kamran Akmal goes inside-out over cover.


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Imad Wasim got lucky as Marlon Samuels was wrongly adjudged lbw.


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Ahmed Shehzad with an acrobatic stop at deep midwicket.
 
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Great addition. Keep it up boy....:smitten::pakistan:
 
Shadab Khan shows his good effort in the match and in first match he got a achievement that he had taken 3 wickets by only giving 7 runs. I got a news that Shadab Khan is signed to play IPL as a player of Kolkata Knight Riders . Shahruk Khan has signed him for his team after watching the PSL 2k17. We are proud that first Muslim player of Pakistan is appointed to play IPL .
 
Shadab has a lot of potential, a great bowler to have. Not to forget he bats quite well too.
 

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