Pakistan Team Lost The First Match Of The New Cycle Of WTC

Pakistan team lost the first match of the new cycle of WTC, West Indies won in this exciting match.

West Indies have started the new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship in a great way.

West Indies opened the points account in the WTC 2023 cycle by registering a one-wicket win in the first match of the two-match Test series against Pakistan.

At the same time, Pakistan’s team could not cross the winning line and due to the last wicket, Pakistan’s team had to face defeat in the new cycle of WTC.

Actually, the first match of the two-match Test series was played in Jamaica, in which the Pakistan team scored 217 runs in the first innings while batting first.

In response, the West Indies team scored 253 runs in their first innings to take a 36-run lead against Pakistan, which proved to be a win-win deal for the Caribbean team.

Pakistan team lost the first match: In the second innings, Pakistan’s team was bundled out for 203 runs.

In this way, the target of 168 runs was met for the victory in front of the West Indies.

West Indies did not get off to a good start in their second innings, but small partnerships between the middle-order batsmen took the team to the threshold of victory.

At one point it looked like Pakistan would win this match by a margin of few runs, as the team needed a wicket and West Indies had to score 17 runs after the 9th wicket fell.

For West Indies, Kemar Roach shared a 17-run partnership with Jayden Seals for the last wicket and led the team to victory.

Although Seals scored only two runs, he did not give his wicket to bowlers like Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, and Mohammad Abbas.

Kemar Roach went on to score runs from the other end and played an important role in helping the team win by 1 wicket.

The hero of this match i.e. Player of the Match was Jayden Seals, who sent 3 in the first innings and five Pakistan batsmen in the second innings.