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An exciting turn has taken place in the first match of the two-match Test series between Pakistan and West Indies being played at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. On the second day of the match, the Pakistani team made a strong comeback in the match by showing a brilliant game. West Indies, which looked to be in a strong position on the first day, was restricted to 311 runs by the Pakistani bowlers in the first innings. In response, by the end of the day’s play, Pakistan had scored 199 runs at the loss of 3 wickets. Currently, the Pakistani team is just 112 runs behind the host team’s score and captain Shan Masood is very close to his century.
West Indies’ innings ended at 311 runs, Shay Hope missed a century
By the end of play on the first day of the match, West Indies had scored 194 runs for 3 wickets and it seemed that the hosts would post a huge score. However, on the second day, Pakistani bowlers turned the match around by bowling tightly. Shay Hope and Kaveem Hodge had made an important partnership of 91 runs for the fourth wicket, but the West Indies innings faltered after Hodge was out for 84 runs. Shay Hope, standing at one end, was moving towards his century, but he was out as the 9th wicket on a personal score of 92 runs and missed the century by just 8 runs. While bowling lethally for Pakistan, Mohammad Ali took maximum 4 wickets, while experienced Mohammad Abbas got 3 wickets.
The century partnership of Imam and Shan Masood took over the innings.
Chasing the target of 311 runs, Pakistan had a very poor start and opener Azaan Awais returned to the pavilion without opening his account. Recovering from the initial shock, Imam-ul-Haq and captain Shan Masood took command of the innings. There was a brilliant century partnership between the two batsmen for the second wicket, which put the team in a strong position. Imam-ul-Haq became the victim of Shemar Joseph after playing an excellent innings of 63 runs. At the same time, captain Shan Masood, batting intelligently, has scored unbeaten 88 runs by the end of the day’s play and is just a few steps away from his century.
Babar Azam failed, could not convert good start into big score
In this innings of Pakistan, a big innings was expected from former captain Babar Azam, for which he also made a good start. As soon as he came on the crease, Babar made his intentions clear by hitting two consecutive fours to bowler Jaden Seals. However, he failed to convert this good start into a big score and became the victim of Jaden Seales after scoring 23 runs. Babar hit three brilliant fours in his innings before being caught behind the wicket. Now all eyes are on the third day’s play, where Shan Masood will take the field with the intention of completing his century and giving the team the lead.