Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Afridi star as Pakistan beat West Indies in 2nd T20I to take unassailable collection lead

Pakistan hung in in opposition to Romario Shepherd’s late cost to beat the West Indies by 9 runs within the second Twenty20 for an unassailable 2-0 lead within the three-match collection on Tuesday.

Needing 23 off the final over, Shepherd hit Haris Rauf for 13 runs however the West Indies was bowled out on the final ball when the paceman clear bowled No. 11 batter Oshane Thomas.The West Indies was all out for 163 in reply to Pakistan’s 172-8.PAK vs WI, 2nd T20I: HighlightsPakistan was solely 141-7 after 18 overs however Shadab Khan crunched an unbeaten 28 off 12 balls to present them a defendable whole. It proved to be the distinction.“The finish from Shadab was very good,” captain Babar Azam mentioned. “There’s grip for the spinners within the second innings, which is why we needed to bat first.”Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi (3-26) had West Indies on the mat at 131-8 when he claimed three wickets within the seventeenth over.Odean Smith was brilliantly snapped up by a diving Asif Ali on the sting of the boundary, Dominic Drakes, who made his debut on Monday in West Indies’ 63-run defeat, edged Afridi behind, and the left-arm quick bowler was on a hat trick when he clean-bowled Hayden Walsh off the following ball.Shepherd denied Afridi a hat trick and his career-best 35 off 19 balls surprisingly lifted West Indies to the brink of a comeback win, however finally he was given an excessive amount of to do with too little assist.“Tough one for us (but) big improvement from yesterday,” West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran mentioned. “Felt like we lost here due to silly mistakes, irresponsible from myself, too. We tried our best to execute plans and it’s our (top order) responsibility to carry the game.”Opener Brandon King (67) scored his maiden T20 half-century however legspinner Shadab Khan (0-22) didn’t enable him to attain freely within the center overs. When King holed out within the deep within the sixteenth over off Rauf, he was solely the fifth man down. But Afridi’s three wickets within the subsequent over confirmed the momentum was again with Pakistan.Earlier, Pakistan’s batting depth was on present once more even after captain Babar, who gained the toss and elected to bat, but once more couldn’t get going and was run out for simply 7.Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein stood out for the West Indies in an unchanged spell of 4 overs up entrance and had Fakhar Zaman stumped, however too many different batsmen obtained away.Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 38, Iftikhar Ahmed added 32, and Haider Ali made 31.However, it was Shadab’s breezy knock together with three sixes within the final two overs which gave Pakistan simply sufficient runs.The third and final T20 will probably be performed on the similar venue in Karachi on Thursday.