A shortage of available players was one possible reason for West Indies replacing a batter with a legspinner
Toss Pakistan opt to bat v West Indies
After West Indies failed to chase after winning the toss on Monday, their captain Nicholas Pooran said he would have liked to bat first, and hoped his players could execute their plans better with the ball in a must-win game.
Among the batters, Darren Bravo was also ruled out with what a CWI release termed “a non COVID related illness”.
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt), 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Fakhar Zaman, 4 Haider Ali, 5 Asif Ali, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Shadab Khan, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Haris Rauf, 10 Shaheen Shah Afridi, 11 Mohammad Wasim Jr
West Indies: West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Shai Hope, 3 Nicholas Pooran (capt, wk), 4 Shamarh Brooks, 5 Rovman Powell, 6 Odean Smith, 7 Dominic Drakes, 8 Hayden Walsh Jr, 9 Akeal Hosein, 10 Romario Shepherd, 11 Oshane Thomas
Sreshth Shah is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @sreshthx