Who will win West Indies vs Pakistan 3rd T20?
Pakistan have taken an unsurpassable 2-0 lead in the four-match T20 international series, beating the West Indies by 3 runs in a hard fought second T20 at the Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. To keep the series alive, the hosts now need to ensure a win in the third game which will be played at the same venue on April 1. The match is scheduled to begin at 12:30 PM local time.
WI vs Pak 3rd T20: Where to watch/Live streaming
TV channels: Fox Sports, Ten Sports 3, PTV Sports
Live streaming: Bet365, Willow TV online
Toss Prediction
The last three matches out of the four T20 internationals that have been played at the Queen's Park Oval till date have been won by the side batting first. And also since the bowlers usually find more support from the pitch during the latter half of a match at this ground, the team that wins the toss here on Saturday is more likely to bat first. West Indies have a good toss record here, winning three times out of four which is why we predict them to win the toss in this match.
Read on for team previews, latest odds, betting tips and match prediction for WI vs Pak 3rd T20....
West Indies Team News & Playing 11
Team News
No injuries to any of the players were reported at the time of writing. West Indies are expected to field the same group of eleven that played Pakistan in the second T20 international.
Key Players
Evin Lewis has failed to fire in both the games while Chadwick Walton has not been able to convert his starts into big scores. This will put additional pressure on Marlon Samuels who looked good in his knock of 44 in the second T20. Sunil Narine has been the most impressive of the West Indian bowlers. His economy rate is under 6 in both the games and he even notched up three wickets in the last game. The spinner will be the key man for West Indies on this spin-friendly surface.
Recent Form
Since beating India at Lauderhill last year in August, West Indies have played five T20 internationals. All of these matches have been played against Pakistan and the hosts have ended up on the losing side in all of them. Their ordinary batting performance has cost them the first two games of this series.
West Indies Predicted Playing 11
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E Lewis, CAK Walton (wk), MN Samuels, LMP Simmons, KA Pollard, R Powell, CR Brathwaite (c), JO Holder, SP Narine, S Badree, KOK Williams.
Pakistan Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Pakistan are unlikely to make changes to their lineup after their win in the last game. Good news for the team is that all of their players are free from injuries.
Key Players
Shoaib Malik has top-scored for Pakistan twice in two games now with an unbeaten 38 in the first match followed by 28 in the next. He has been ably supported by Babar Azam who has made decent contributions so far. Shadab Khan is turning out to be a great find of the tour for Pakistan. The legspinner claimed a four-wicket haul the other day to increase his wicket tally to seven in the series already. With the West Indian batsmen struggling against him, Shadab will be the trump card for Pakistan in this match.
Recent Form
Victory in the last game has extended Pakistan's five-match winning streak to six and they seem to be enjoying their good run in the 20-overs format at the moment. Their last five T20 wins have all come against the West Indies and they have been really impressive with the ball so far in this series.
Pakistan Predicted Playing 11
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Kamran Akmal, Ahmed Shehzad, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Fakhar Zaman, Sarfraz Ahmed (c/wk), Imad Wasim, Sohail Tanvir, Shadab Khan, Wahab Riaz, Hasan Ali.
Team Form in Last Five Matches (most recent first)
West Indies: L L L L L
Pakistan: W W W W W
West Indies vs Pakistan Head to Head
This is only the second time that the West Indies and Pakistan will be playing a T20 international against each other at the Queen's Park Oval. Their only face-off at this ground was in the last game where the tourists won by a narrow margin of three runs. Overall, Pakistan have beaten West Indies seven times in nine matches including the last five.
West Indies vs Pakistan 3rd T20 Betting Odds
While they suffered a big defeat in the opening game of the series, West Indies did manage to push Pakistan a little harder in the second one. Though they ended up losing that game as well, it was an improvement nonetheless. Pakistan and West Indies are both tied at 1.90 with Betfair while the match odds for these two teams were not available at bet365 and betway at the time of writing this article.
West Indies vs Pakistan 3rd T20 Prediction
West Indies are trailing 0-2 in the series and with two more games to play, they now find themselves in a must-win situation. So the pressure is undoubtedly going to be on them. Also, Thursday's defeat was their third consecutive in T20s at this ground which is something that won't do their confidence any good at all.
The West Indian batsmen have no clue whatsoever on how to tackle the legspin of newcomer Shadab Khan who will once again be threatening on this pitch. Pakistan had earlier whitewashed the Windies in Dubai and they are now just one more win away from clinching another T20 series. Their bowlers have utilized the conditions better and so we predict them to win this match and seal the series.
Final Verdict: Back Pakistan to beat West Indies in the third T20 international at 1.90 with bet365 and betway.
Apr 01, 2017
22:00 IST / 16:30 GMT
Queens Park Oval - Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago
WI vs PAK T20 
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