Oshane Thomas, Chris Gayle star as West Indies thrash Pakistan by 7 wickets

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Oshane Thomas, Chris Gayle star as West Indies thrash Pakistan by 7 wickets
Oshane Thomas, Chris Gayle star as West Indies thrash Pakistan by 7 wickets

New Delhi : West Indies on Friday humiliated Pakistan with seven wicket win 36.2 overs to spare. Oshane Thomas was named as the Man of the Match for his fiery spell of fast bowling in which he picked up four wickets for merely 27 runs.

Winning the toss, West Indies asked Pakistan to bat first, they never looked like getting to a formidable score as they lost wickets at regular intervals. The West Indies strategy worked well as Pakistan was bundled out for a paltry 105 runs. Andre Russell too showed some brilliance with the ball as he scalped two important wickets. For Pakistan, they slumped to their 11th consecutive loss in ODIs which in itself is an unwanted record.

Most consecutive defeats completed ODIs (PAK):

30 Jan 2019 – May 2019*

10 Oct 1987 – Mar 1988

9 Nov 2009 – Jun 2010

7 Jan 1984 – Feb 1984

7 Feb 1984 – Mar 2000

In a chase of 106 runs, Chris Gayle looked in a hurry to finish things up. Despite early wickets, Gayle smashed a brilliant 50 off 34 balls to help the Windies ensure a win. In the process, Gayle also bagged a World Cup record of hitting the most sixes. Gayle went past AB De Villiers to achieve the record. On the other hand, Pakistan’s 105 was their second-lowest CWC total.

“If you lose the toss in these conditions, and lose wickets, it’s hard to come back into the game. Have to play positive cricket here. Didn’t do well as a batting unit today. We know they’re going to come hard with their pace bowlers. We didn’t play well against the short ball. Today was a bad day. Confident my team will bounce back. Good to see Amir bowling well. Always good support here in England,” said Pakistan skipper Sarfraz after the humiliating loss.