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Pakistan defeated West Indies by 13 runs in the third and decisive T20I match played at the Central Browd Regional Park Stadium and won the three-match series 2–1.
On the basis of the brilliant batting of Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan, Pakistan scored 189 runs for 4 wickets, in response to which the West Indies team could score 176 runs for 6 wickets.
Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan made a great start After winning the toss, the Pakistani team came out to bat first by the pair of Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub. Both added 47 runs in the powerplay without losing wickets. There was a 138 -run partnership in 98 balls for the first wicket. West Indies bowler Samar Joseph broke the partnership by getting Sahibzada Farhan caught by Shai Hope in the 16.2th over.
Sahibzada Farhan scored a brilliant innings of 74 runs from 53 balls and Saim Ayub 66 off 49 balls. Apart from this, Hasan Jawaj scored 15 runs from 7 balls, Khushdil Shah scored 11 runs off 6 balls and Faheem Ashraf scored 10 off 3 balls.
Jason Holder, Roston Chase and Summer Joseph took 1–1 wickets from the West Indies.
West Indies innings: Good start but missed the target The West Indies, chasing the target of 190, gave a concrete start by Elik Athanaji and Jewel Andrew. The first wicket fell for 44 runs when opener Jewel Andrew was dismissed by 24 runs off 15 balls. West Indies scored 59 runs losing 1 wicket in Powerplay. The second wicket fell for 74 runs, when Shai Hope returned to the pavilion after scoring 7 runs off 9 balls.
Elik Athanaz played an impressive innings of 60 runs in 40 balls. At the same time, Shefern Rutherford scored 51 runs off 35 balls with the help of 3 fours and 4 sixes, but could not win the team. In the final overs, Pakistan bowlers bowled down and curbed the West Indies run and won the match by 13 runs.