Pakistan remained dominant throughout the series. (Source: AP)
Pakistan rode on Babar Azam’s unbeaten 97 to compile a total of 205/3 in 20 overs against West Indies. West Indies were asked to bowl after Sarfraz Ahmed won the toss and the visitors got an early breakthrough in the form of Fakhar Zaman. But a blistering effort from Babar and Hussain Talat got them back into the game. Talat got his maiden half century as he got 63 before getting out. West Indies wer eonce again sloppy in the field as they gave away boundaries off mis-fieldings. They now need 206 to level the series.
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The capitulation is complete. Or almost complete, there is still one more match left. Pakistan win the series 2-0, they retain their no. 1 ranking in T20Is. West Indies have been absolutely ripped apart here.
Emrit takes a single and then comes back for the second but his partner Kesrick Williams doesn't move an inch. Sarfaraz just jogs towards the other end of the pitch and clips off the bails.
Rovman Powell is now the next man to go and it is starting to look a little difficult for West Indies. They need 99 to win off 15 balls and the required rate has crept above 35. There is a chance that Pakistan might win this match.
Meek capitulation is the only phrase one can use for this. Dinesh Ramdin miscues a pull from outside off and it is straight down the throat of deep square leg.
Wrong 'un does the trick. Walton takes an almighty swing at it and misses the ball completely. The ball hits the off stump uninterrupted.
West Indies batsmen look to accelerate now. They are taking on Shadab Khan as he has already given away 10 runs in the first two balls that he has bowled.
West Indies are looking under pressure. Pakistan have bowled a lot of dot balls. The visitors are 25/1 after 5 which is clearly not the required scoring rate. They need to accelerate and it's Marlon Samuels who needs to take the onus on himself
Andre Fletcher has been cleaned up by Nawaz and Pakistan have an early breakthrough. That delivery from Nawaz just came into the right-hander. West Indies lose an early one
Pakistan rode on Babar Azam's unbeaten 97 to compile a total of 205/3 in 20 overs against West Indies. This has been an incredible effort from Pakistan and they have thoroughly dominated West Indies bowling attack
Shoaib Malik continues from where he left. He takes the aerial route and smashes it over long on boundary. Pakistan move to 194/3. What a game of cricket this has been. Pakistan and especially Babar Azam has been ruthless.
West Indies get a wicket here and it's Asif Ali who is talking the walk back for 14. A good catch from Walton and this brings dangerous Shoaib Malik in the middle. He showed his class in the previous game and would be expected to do the same here as well.
Samuel Badree drops an easy one. It's Babar Azam who has been given another chance. He has been in brilliant form in this match and you can't afford to drop someone like him at such crucial stage
Asif Ali gets perfect timimg and it has gone out of the park. That brings up 150 for Pakistan and they have been brilliant in this encounter. It's good to see how one or the other player has taken the onus on himself for Pakistan and has chipped in with runs
An incredible knock comes to end. Hussain Talat has to depart after Jason Mohammed takes a brilliant catch at Point region. That was a short delivery from Odean Smith and Talat tried to celare the circle but the West Indies skipper showed good awareness and held on to a good catch. He goes for 63
West Indies have been really sloppy in the field. They gave away 4-5 boundaries off mis-fielding in the previous game and have repeated it again in this one
WHATTT A MOMENT for the youngster. He gets to his maiden half century with a couple and look at that celebrations. He is delighted and he has all the reasons to do so.
Babar Azam gets to his half-century with a single. This has been a brilliant knock from Babar. He failed in the first match but makes it count here. Meanwhile, Talat too gets a boundary for himself which takes him past his previous best individual score of41. He is unbeaten at 44
Hussain Talat showed his class in the last match and he has continued that form in this ecnounter too. He has been clinical in his approach in this match and moves to 34 with that boundary. He scored 41 in the last match before getting run out.
A good, tight over from Smith. He has only given away 6 singles in that one. West Indies need this kind of stuff to put a halt on Pakistan's scoring rate. They are 69/1 after 8
Another blistering start for Pakistan. They have once again taken good advantage of the powerplay overs. The hosts are 54/1 after 6 overs with Babar Azam and Talat at the crease
The left-hander gets 10 runs from two balls. The first one was swept away nicely for a boundary and the second one was hammered away for a six. He came down the track put it away for a maximum.
Babar Azam strikes second conseutive boundary of the over and third in four deliveries. Pakistan have the chance to accelerate despite using an early wicket. Hussain Talat who has come in at number three showed his calibre in the previous game too
West Indies draw first blood and it's angerous Fakhar Zaman who has been dismissed. He hammered the islanders in the last match but has been sent back in the hut early. Pakistan are 11/1 after 2
Pakistan have won 15 out of their last 18 T20Is. This is surely the reason why they are dominating West Indies in this series. A steady start for the hosts in the second match
Pakistan have won the toss and they have elected to bat first. They hammered West Indies in the first game and would look to continue the momentum in the second ecnounter too.
Hello and welcome to the live coverage of Pakistan vs West Indies 2nd T20I. Pakistan thrashed the visitors in the first match after wrapping them up for just 60 runs while chasing 204. Pakistan would now be looking to seal the series in this encounter