PAK vs WI Test: Pakistan bowlers made a strong comeback in the match, West Indies are in danger of defeat in Trinidad Test

A tough competition is being seen between Pakistan and West Indies in the exciting test match being played in Trinidad. Despite gaining the lead in the first innings of the match, the host West Indies team now seems to be in trouble. The Caribbean team definitely had the lead on the basis of the first innings, but the Pakistani bowlers have completely turned the tide of the match with their lethal bowling. Till the stumps of the third day of the game, Pakistani bowlers have broken the back of West Indies batsmen, due to which the host team is now in big danger of defeat and Pakistan has reached a strong position to win this match.

West Indies’ innings faltered despite the lead in the first innings

Earlier, in the first innings of the match, West Indies batted brilliantly and scored 311 runs on the board, in response to which the Pakistani team was reduced to 282 runs in its first innings. Despite captain Shan Masood’s brilliant century and Imam-ul-Haq’s brilliant half-century, Pakistani batsmen could not equalize the score in the first innings and West Indies got a significant lead of 29 runs. However, in the second innings of the game, the Pakistani bowlers did not give any chance to the host team to recover with their disciplined bowling and within no time more than half of the batsmen of the Caribbean team returned to the pavilion.

Bowlers’ brilliance: Mohammad Abbas and Khurram Shahzad wreaked havoc

By the end of the third day’s play, West Indies had lost 7 important wickets on the score of just 126 runs in their second innings. Thus, the total lead of West Indies is now 155 runs, which is considered too low for victory. In the second innings for Pakistan, fast bowlers Mohammad Abbas and Khurram Shahzad displayed killer bowling. Abbas bowled lethally and took 3 big wickets, while Shahzad showed the path of 2 batsmen to the pavilion. Apart from this, Mohammad Ali and Aamir Jamal also got one success each. For West Indies, Tejnarine Chanderpaul scored the highest score of 35 runs, but apart from him, no other batsman of the Caribbean team could stay on the field. Now on the fourth day, Pakistan’s eyes will be on winning this match by quickly taking the remaining three wickets.

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