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West Indies stuck in Mukim after Farhan-Sime, series to Pakistan
West Indies needed 25 runs to win in the last over. Batting 51 runs, Sherfan Rutherford, who hit Haris Rauf for a six in the previous over, burst the hope balloon of the Caribbean audience with Hasan Ali’s first two balls of the last over. The first ball was a dot, and Rutherford caught it on the boundary in the second ball.
West Indies stuck in Mukim after Farhan-Sime, series to Pakistan
Despite Gurakesh Moti hitting a four and a six in the next four balls, West Indies could not win the match. Today, the Caribbeans lost the match by 13 runs in the last T20 of the three-match series against Pakistan in Florida. On the other hand, Pakistan won the series 2-1 by winning the first T20, like the last T20. Sufian Mukim and Haris Rauf made Hasan Ali’s job easy in the last over on the way to Pakistan’s victory. Chasing Pakistan’s 189, West Indies made 59 for 1 in the powerplay. However, the team could not sustain such a good start due to Pakistan’s tight bowling in the middle innings. Left-arm spinner Sufian Mukim in particular suffered the most. However, despite the run rate slowing down, the Caribbeans held on well until the death over. After 16 overs, West Indies needed 49 runs from 24 balls. Rauf, who came into the XI in place of Shaheen Afridi, gave away only 8 runs in the 17th over. Roston Chase, who managed to score 15 runs from 12 balls, was retired off the last ball of this over.
Mukim came to bowl the 18th over and gave away even less—just 3 runs. He even bowled Jason Holder, who had won the match by hitting a four off the last ball in the previous match. The 25-year-old Mukim finished his bowling with 1 wicket for 20 runs in 4 overs.
Then, when Rauf hit a six in the 19th over and gave away a total of 13 runs, West Indies were faced with a big equation in the last over, which no one could provide. Earlier, after winning the toss and electing to bat, Pakistan got off to a good start with openers Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub. Before being separated in the 17th over, Pakistan scored 136 runs in their partnership. Both of them also scored fifties. Farhan scored 74 off 53 balls with 5 sixes and 3 fours, Saim scored 66 off 49 balls with 2 sixes and 6 fours.
In the end, Pakistan reached close to two hundred with Hasan Nawaz scoring 15 off 7 balls and Khushdil Shah scoring 11 runs off 6 balls.
