On Tuesday, Pakistan continued their T20I winning streak as they beat West Indies in the 3^rd and final T20I of this series at Abu Dhabi. After winning the toss, Pakistan decided to bowl first. West Indies only managed to score 103/5 in 20 allotted overs.

In reply, Pakistan comfortably reached that target in 15.1 overs after losing just the two openers. Pakistan won the 3^rd and final T20I of this T20I series by 8 wickets and also completed whitewash by winning the series 3-0.

Brief Scores: West Indies – 103/5 in 20 overs (Marlon Samuels 42*, Kieron Pollard 16*, Imad Wasim 3/21)

Pakistan – 108/2 in 15.1 overs (Shoaib Malik 43*, Babar Azam 27*, Kesrick Williams 2/15)

Result – Pakistan won by 8 wickets

Some of the statistical highlights of the match are given below:

In this match, West Indies’ top-order batsman Chadwick Walton was dismissed on golden duck (out on 0 in 1 ball). Walton is the first West Indian T20I batsman to score a golden duck against Pakistan. Also, Walton was the 5^th West Indian T20I batsman to score a duck against Pakistan.

[Note: Till date, Sunil Narine was the only West Indian batsman to score a duck against Pakistan without facing a ball (at Kingstown on 27^th July 2013)]

West Indies only managed to score 103/5 in 20 overs. It was West Indies’ second-lowest 1^st innings total in a T20I match. West Indies’ lowest 1^st innings total in a T20I match is 96/9 against Ireland at Kingston on 21^st February 2014.

Batting in full 20-overs, this 103/5 innings was West Indies’ 3^rd lowest T20I total. West Indies’ lowest T20I total in this category (batting in full 20-overs) is 79/7 against Zimbabwe at Port of Spain on 28^th February 2010.

In this match, Pakistan left-arm pacer Rumman Raees made his international debut. He bowled quite well in this match as his final bowling figure in this match was 3-0-10-0 with 3.33 bowling economy. This 3.33 economy figure is the third best economical bowling by a debutant Pakistan bowler in T20I history.

West Indian right-arm pacer Kesrick Williams also made his international debut in this match and he also bowled very well. His final bowling figure was 4-0-15-2. It was the 4^th best bowling figure by a T20I debutant West Indian bowler.

Also, Williams was very economical in this match as his final bowling economy rate was 3.75 which was the third best economical bowling by a debutant West Indian bowler in T20I history.

Pakistan won this T20I match by 8 wickets with 29 balls to spare. This was Pakistan’s 4^th 8-wicket T20I victory and 1^st against West Indies.

Also, this victory was Pakistan’s 2^nd largest T20I victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) against West Indies. Pakistan’s largest T20I victory (by balls remaining in the second innings) against West Indies was with 34 balls remaining at Dubai (DSC) on 23^rd September 2016, which was the first T20I of this series (won by 9 wickets).

Pakistan left-arm spinner Imad Wasim took total 9 wickets in this 3-match T20I series. Imad Wasim became joint second-most wicket-taker in a T20I bilateral series. Before Imad Wasim, South African right-arm pacer David Wiese (against West Indies in 2015) and Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (against Sri Lanka in 2016) also took 9 wickets in a T20I bilateral series.

Netherlands right-arm pacer Ahsan Malik is the highest wicket taker in a T20I bilateral series. He took total 11 wickets in the 4-match T20I series against Nepal in 2015.