PAKISTAN VS WEST INDIES, 3RD ODI, VENUE: SHEIKH ZAYED STADIUM, ABU DHABI, PAKISTAN HAVE WON THE TOSS AND HAVE OPTED TO BAT

The news coming from Abu Dhabi is that Pakistan have won the toss and elected to bat first not giving any chance to the opponents to put pressure on them.

Pakistan is already up in the series by 2-0 against West Indies and it is a much win match for the West Indies or else they will lose the series, fingers are crossed to see who is going to snatch away todays the match, and Pakistan needs just one match to win to seal the series.

Playing XI:

Pakistan: Azhar Ali(c), Sharjeel Khan, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w), Mohammad Rizwan, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Nawaz, Wahab Riaz, Mohammad Amir, Hasan Ali

Mohammad Amir will not be paying in this match because of his personal issue.

West Indies: Johnson Charles, Kraigg Brathwaite, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels,Denesh Ramdin (wk), Kieron Pollard, Carlos Brathwaite, Jason Holder (c), Sunil Narine, Sulieman Benn, Alzarri Joseph

What the skipper said:

“We need to improve our catching to become a better team. We are working hard on fielding. Hopefully, I spend some time in the middle and score some runs in the next game.” – Pakistan captain Azhar Ali is hoping to turn his fortunes around with the bat

“He’s a good player. I felt he played really really nicely. He assessed the conditions quite well and he took his time. He was able to take his time in both innings.” – West Indies skipper Jason Holder on Babar Azam’s back-to-back tons in the ODI series