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West Indies And Pakistan The ODI cricket series of 2025 will begin from August 8 at Brian Lara Cricket Academy of Trinidad. In this match, there will be a tough competition between the two teams. Recently, the West Indies had to face 2–1 defeat in the T20 series, so they now like strong players of Pakistan Mohammad Rizwan And returning Babar Azam Want to return with good performance against. This series will not just win a chance to win, but will also give important ranking points, which will help in making it to the ICC Cricket World Cup of 2027.

Pakistan dominated the tour with easy win in T20 series

Pakistan showed a lot of patience and good game in its recent tour and won the 3-match T20 series 2–1 against the West Indies. Shaheen Afridi and Nasim Shah’s fast bowling returned to his attack further strengthened, which continuously put the Windies batting in trouble. The presence of experienced players like captain Mohammad Rizwan and vice-captain Salman Ali Aga was very important for both strategy and morale. Players like Babar Azam, who returned from injury, strengthened Pakistan’s batting line, which made a good score and successfully completed the target.

The Pakistani team was also able to quickly mold itself under the Caribbean situation and plan under pressure. These characteristics also make him a strong contender in ODIs. At the same time, the West Indies will also have to change their strength by changing their team so that they can give a good competition.

West Indies’ top choice for ODI series against Pakistan-XI:

1. Shai Hope (Captain)

• Role: Leader, middle -order batsman and wicketkeeper
• Strength: Balanced innings manufacturer with the ability to handle the innings under pressure; Excellent
• Expectations: Giving stability to batting order, guiding young players, and skillfully wicketkeeping; To play an important role in deciding the direction of the team’s innings.

2. Evin Lewis

• Role: Aggressive opener
• Strength: Explosive stroke game, able to bother bowlers from fast start
• Expectations: To provide a strong platform by scoring a fast run in the powerplay and putting Pakistan bowlers on the backfoot.

3. Jewel Andrew

• Role: Young opener/Top order stabilizing
• Strength: Good technology, ability to rotate strikes and create an innings in a systematic manner
• Expectations: Providing stable starts with Lewis and making partnerships; A promising talent for continuity.

4. Brandon king

• Role: Middle -order batsman
• Strength: The ability to handle the innings with power-touching; Experience to play under international and caribean conditions
• Expectations: Putting control of middle overs, increasing speed as required, and converting a good start into a big score.

5. Amir Jungu

• Role: Aggressive batsman and secondary wicketkeeper in lower order
• Strength: A century recently in ODI debut shows the ability to perform large performance; Batting and wicketkeeping brings depth in both
• Expectations: Giving speed in the last overs and reducing the pressure of wicketkeeping on Hope.

6. Roaston chase

• Role: Middle -order batsman and off -spin bowler
• Strength: Trusted run scorer in important moments; Can break partnership with bowling
• Expectations: Balancing the team with their double skills, providing stability in batting and stopping runs with spin.

7. Jeden seals

• Role: Chief fast bowler
• Strength: The ability to produce speed and boom; Internationally proven match winner
• Expectations: To take an initial wicket, lead the bowling attack and maintain pressure on the top order of Pakistan.

8. Ziah blades

• Role: Assistant fast bowler from left hand angle
• Strength: Line and length swing and accuracy
• Expectations: To support the seals by maintaining pressure and taking wickets through disciplined bowling.

9. Gudakesh Moti

• Role: Sole specialist spinner
• Strength: Effective and ability to take wickets with left hand spin, diversity in attack
• Expectations: Controlling the middle order of Pakistan, especially left-right combination, and providing important successes.

10. Roomario shepherd

• Role: Bowling all -rounder and final order batsman
• Strength: Useful batting at the end of medium speed and innings
• Expectations: Providing depth in bowling and explosive batting in the final overs; Bringing balance and flexibility to the team.

11. Sherfen Rutherford

• Role: Lower order explosive batsman and useful medium -speed bowler
• Strength: Useful variety with explosive batting and ball in death overs
• Expectations: To speed up scoring at the end of the innings and provide bowling options in different stages.