The West Indies cricket team continues its tour of Pakistan, playing a series of 3 T20s and 3 ODIs. The first T20 match of the tour was played at the Karachi Stadium yesterday. Pakistan set a new world record by beating the West Indies in this match.
West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran, who won the toss in the match, said he wanted to bowl first. Batting first, Pakistan scored 200 for 6 in 20 overs. Riswan, the team’s wicket-keeper batsman, scored 78 runs. Haider Ali scored 68 and Nawaz 30 runs.
West Indies chased down the target of 201 runs. The team lost all their wickets in 19 overs and scored just 137 runs. Pakistan won by 63 runs.
With this victory, the Pakistan team has won 18 matches in T20 cricket in the current (2021) year alone. Pakistan have become the most successful team in the T20 tournament in a single year. Earlier, a team had won 17 T20I matches in a single year. It was the Pakistan team that set the record.
In 2018, the Pakistan team had recorded 17 wins in the T20 tournament. At present, Pakistan has broken that record. It is noteworthy that Pakistan has two more T20 matches to play in the current year.
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