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Hasan Nawaz, who is making ODI debut, scored an unbeaten 63 runs. He was adjudged Player of the Match.
Pakistan defeated West Indies by 5 wickets in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Pakistan won the 49th over, chasing a target of 281 runs in the match played at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on Friday.
Hasan Nawaz, who is making ODI debut, was the hero of victory. He scored an unbeaten half -century (63*). At the same time, Hussain Talat, playing the second match of his career, scored an unbeaten 41 runs. The two had an unbeaten partnership of 104 runs for the sixth wicket and Pakistan achieved the target with 7 balls remaining.
Three half -centuries scored by West Indies Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first. The West Indies, who were batting first, did not have a good start. The first wicket of the Caribbean team fell on the score of 4 runs. Brandon King faced 5 balls and scored 4 runs.
After that, three batsmen scored a half -century from the West Indies and took the score to 280, handling the innings. Which includes Evin Lewis (60), Shai Hope (55) and Roston Chase (53). Apart from these, Casey Carte scored 30 and Gukesh Moti scored 31 runs.
Roston Chase (right) scored 53 runs on 54 balls.
There were two 50+ partnerships by West Indies Evin Lewis and Casey Cathy of the second wicket shared a 77 -run partnership off 82 balls. After that, Shai Hope and Rutherford partnered 31 runs from 39 balls for the fourth wicket. At the same time, Roston Chase partnered 64 runs from 89 balls for the fifth wicket.
The entire West Indies team was reduced to 280 runs losing all wickets in the 49th over. For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi took 4 wickets for 51 runs and Nasim Shah took 3 wickets for 55 runs.
Rizwan-Nawaz half-century Pakistan did not start well to chase a target of 281 runs. Opener Saim Ayub was dismissed on a score of 16 runs. After that, Abdullah Shafiq (29) and Babar Azam shared a 47 -run partnership off 54 balls for the second wicket.
After that Babur (47) shared a 55 off 69 balls for the third wicket with Mohammad Rizwan (53). Rizwan then shared a 40 -run partnership with Aga Salman for the fourth wicket. At the same time, Rizwan and Hasan Nawaz shared 22 runs from 41 balls for the fifth wicket.
Mohammad Rizwan scored 53 runs on 69 balls.
Hasan and Talat handled the front Pakistan was in trouble after Rizwan was dismissed, as 101 runs were still left. Hasan Nawaz and Hussain Talat took the front. Hasan initially scored just 3 runs in 12 balls and looked weak against spin. The West Indies left his catches twice, taking advantage of which he took over the innings.
In the 39th over, Talat hit two fours against Roston Chase and an expensive over (17 runs) of Joseph brought the run rate below 7. Hasan took advantage of leaving an easy catch for 49 runs and ensured a victory in the last over with Talat. Talat scored an unbeaten 41 in 37 balls, with a significant contribution of 15 runs in the last over. At the same time, Hasan scored 63 runs from 54 balls.
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