CricketCountry Cricbattle Daily Fantasy Cricket League Tips: Pakistan vs West Indies on September 27
It is not often that one see’s a Pakistan side demolishing opponents in the shorter format of the game, but that is what is happening in the current series featuring West Indies. Playing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan showed just how dangerous they can be and beat their opponents by 16 runs in the second T20 International on 24 September to clinch the three-match series 2-0, with the final game to be played on Tuesday. Their opponents, West Indies came into the series ranked as the number two T20 team in the world, but have been outplayed in all aspects of the game. Their batsman have struggled to score runs while their bowlers have been unable to pick up wickets while also giving away runs. The current world T20 champions gave the youngsters chance in this series, but it is the senior players who have disappointed in particular Marlon Samuels, Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine. The Caribbean side will be playing for pride and would want to end the series on a high. Join Daily Fantasy League & Win Daily Prizes: CricketCountry.CricBattle.com
Best economical pick – Sohail Tanvir was the star of the show with the ball in the second T20I, picking up three wickets for just 13 runs in his four overs, while Hasan Ali supported him well.
Top captains & vice captains – In the first T20I West Indies at one stage were reeling at 48/8 and that they reached a final score of 115 was due to a 54-ball 55 run knock by Dwayne Bravo, who put on 66-runs for the ninth wicket with Jerome Taylor, the highest ninth-wicket partnership in T20 International history. The Pakistani opener Khalid Latif has been in superb touch since his comeback match against England. He scored 40, 34, 59* three consecutive match winning knocks in last 3 matches. He will look to continue his good form in the last T20I.
Smart pick – The star of the show for Pakistan in the first 2 matches was left-arm spinner Imad Wasim. In the first match he bamboozled the West Indian batsman to register match-winning figures off 5/14, becoming only the second Pakistan bowler after seamer Umar Gul to take five wickets in a T20 innings.
Cautious Pick – The West Indies spinner Sunil Narine has been very ordinary in this series. He conceded 21 runs in the first T20I without taking a wicket then again went wicketless in the second T20I too.
My XI – Dwayne Bravo (Captain), Khalid Latif (Vice-Captain), Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Samuel Badree, Hasan Ali, Sarfraz Ahmed, Andre Fletcher, Kieron Pollard
(Soubhagya Swain– Fantasy Guru, CricBattle Analyst)