Pakistan eye winning start to new ODI era: HumSub.TV
Pakistan eye winning start to new ODI era: HumSub.TV: Another chapter will be added to the rivalry between Pakistan and West Indies during the three-match ODI series, which kicks off at the Providence Stadium in Guyana today (Friday).
Pakistan and West Indies are temperamentally so similar that when they are in their element, they almost guarantee a thriller. The genesis of the rivalry goes a long way back, and the nuances were on show during the recently concluded Twenty20 International series. There were many twists and turns through the four matches before Pakistan took the series 3-1. In fact, the last time the two teams played a One-Day International series in the West Indies in 2013, there were many close games including a tied encounter.
Considering that West Indies has not beaten anyone in a bilateral series outside of Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Ireland since winning against New Zealand at home in July 2012, Pakistan could be tagged as favourite. While both teams would be aiming to win the series to consolidate their positions on the International Cricket Council’s ranking table in their bid to qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, there is a lot more at stake.
This will be Sarfraz Ahmed’s first series since his appointment as Pakistan’s full-time ODI captain. He has been very particular about the brand of cricket Pakistan should play under him. With him set to become the captain in all three formats once Misbah-ul-Haq retires from international cricket after the three Tests that will follow this series, these three ODIs are yet another chance for Sarfraz to send across his message.
One of the keys to Pakistan’s T20I series win was its fearlessness on the field. Sarfraz was not afraid to give Shadab Khan the ball at crucial junctures. The teenaged leg-spinner responded with ten wickets at a strike-rate of 9.5 and an economy of 4.73. In a low-scoring series, it proved decisive. Equally influential was Hasan Ali, who returned figures of 4-2-12-2 with his pace bowling in the final game of the series.
Both Shadab, who broke into the Test squad and could pair up with Yasir Shah very soon, and Hasan would be eager to continue their form. Their immediate knowledge of the local conditions will allow Mohammad Amir and Junaid Khan to settle down quickly.
There will also be plenty of attention on Kamran Akmal, who is returning to the ODI fold after almost four years. He has had a terrific domestic season in white-ball cricket, and showed his experience in the third T20I where he made 48 off 37 balls before being caught off a full toss. If Akmal, who has played 154 ODIs, clicks in the upcoming series, it will go a long way in helping Pakistan address its top-order concerns.
Like Shadab and Hasan, Chadwick Walton was another player to impress in the T20Is. His 80 runs in the series earned him selection for the first two ODIs as West Indies’ reserve wicketkeeper, behind Shai Hope. West Indies, though, will be without Carlos Braithwaite. Stuart Law, the coach, said Brathwaite had been asked to work on his bowling and fitness, and that playing for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League would help him develop him as a cricketer.
“I thought the opportunity was there for Carlos to go away and work on a few aspects of his game, namely his fitness and bowling, and getting back to bowling how he wants to bowl,” Law had said recently. “That’s why he has been left out, and it’s just coincided that the IPL is there and we have no cricket after this series and he has not been a part of the last Test series.
Pakistan eye winning start to new ODI era: HumSub.TV
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