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Pakistan crushed West Indies in the second ODI of the ongoing three-match series at Multan Cricket Stadium to take an unassa♔ilable 2-0 lea🦩d on Friday.
Batting first, the hosts kept losing wickets at regular intervals and could only manage to post 275/8 in their allotted 50 overs. Opener Imam-ul-Haq and captain Babar Azam diꦐd shine with the bat to propel Pakistan to a competitive total.
Imam scored 72 runs with the help of six boundaries before meeting an unfortunate run-out that cut short his stay in the middle. Similarly, Babar was outdone by Akeal Hosein on a well-made 77 but with a 📖relatively questionable ൲strike rate of 82.80.
Hosein went on to claim a three-wicket haul for 52 runs in his quota of 10 overs. Likewise, Alzarri Joseph (2/33) and Anderson Phillip (2/50) picked up two wicket෴s each to give the Windies’ batters a perfect pl♋atform to level the series.
However, the visitors crumbled in their chase and were bundled out for a mere 155 in 32.2 overs, losing the contest by 120 runs. Mohammad Nawaz was a chief destructor, taking four wickets while conceding only 19 runs at a jaw-dropping economy rate of 1.9🐠0 in his quota of 10 overs.
Nawaz destroyed the West Indies batting line-up, picking crucial wickets of Shamarh Brooks (42), Brandon King (0), Nicholas Pooran (25) and Rovman Powell (10). Apart from the left-arm spinner, Mohammad Wasim Jr also chipped in with three ♕scalps for 34 runs in 4.2 overs.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Best bowling figures in ODIs at Multan Cricket Stadium 🥇👏 is player of the match for his sensationa🧸l spell 🏆 |
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB)
Pakistan's 10th consecutive ODI series win against West Indies. They haven't lost a series against West Indies since 1991.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad)
N🎃ot how we planned the finish but well💮 played to Pakistan in the end.
— Windies Cricket (@windiescricket)
Babar Azam's ODI average is currently over 60
— Andrew McGlashan (@andymcg_cricket)
Pakistan win the 2nd ODI and take an unassailable 2-0 🅰lead in the series 🎉
Watch the series live and on demand on 🐼(in select ꦚregions)
— ICC (@ICC)
What’s been g🅠reat about this Pak team is that they have fired up expectations in the f♕ans, who are now emotionally invested in the team owning it 💯 %. Well done fans and great series win Pak!
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja)
Pakistan have wasted too many years of Nawaz’s career. Wh🅺at a wonderful cricketer🔥🔥
— Haroon (@hazharoon)
Very g🃏ood effort🌄 from Mohammad Nawaz. 4-19 are his best ODI figures
— Saj Sadiq (@SajSadiqCricket)
Pakistan 🇵🇰 win✤s the 2nd ODI by 120 runs and takes an unassailable lead for the trophy. Simply Brilliant 🤩
Congratulations 🎉👏🏻
— Multan Sultans (@MultanSultans)
Babar Azam is perhaps second pakistani cricketer after Shahid Afridi for whom the crꦫowd anxiously waits to come and bat and silence runs in the stadium when they departed back to pavilion. Such stardom and crowd pulling art is bestowed to very few cricketers in the world.
— Ishaan (@Younus__Bashir)
