World: Test series
Venue: Multan International Cricket Stadium, Multan City, Pakistan
17th January 2025, 08:30
In the 2023-2025 ICC World Test Championship, Pakistan will be playing at home against the West Indies for their first test match. It will be held in the early hours of Friday at the Multan Cricket Stadium. There are pretty a lot of fans who can be excited for this match-up, especially with both sides facing each other after 18 years. Fans can catch up live on the Fancode app and website. Who will win this game of cricket?
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Team Pakistan is going into this match sitting as the 7th-placed on the World Test Championship standings. They will be looking to employ the runs from Babar Azam against the West Indies, who they last faced in 2006. Azam has shown his capability over 16 home test games with a score of 1590 runs. Another player who will be instrumental for this team is left-hand spinner Noman Ali. He was instrumental in the game against England, sharing the total of 39 wickets with fellow teammate Sajid Khan.
Pakistan Squad
Shan Masood (c), Saud Shakeel (vc), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Kashif Ali, Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Noman Ali, Rohail Nazir (wk), Sajid Khan, Salman Agha.
West Indies Form
In the WTC rankings, the West Indies are currently in 9th place. They are currently seeking some sort of redemption to escape from being at the bottom. Among other top players to catch fans attention are Kraigg Brathwaite (586 Test runs) and Kemar Roach (51 Test wickets). There will be the entrustment of coming against the Green Shirt strategy from Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales, and Anderson Phillip, who will be employed to handle the bowling.
West Indies Squad
Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Joshua Da Silva (vc), Alick Athanaze, Keacy Carty, Justin Greaves, Kavem Hodge, Tevin Imlach, Amir Jangoo, Mikyle Louis, Gudakesh Motie, Anderson Phillip, Kemar Roach, Kevin Sinclair, Jayden Seales, Jomel Warrican.
Pakistan vs West Indies Expert Tips and Prediction
Most teams in this series are with the mindset of improving their current position in the rankings so that Pakistan and the West Indies are not left behind. With not being in the WTC finals, eases some of the pressure in this first-game test. From a statistical perspective, Pakistan has proven to be the superior team in all their previous encounters. Their winning total is eleven of 17. The reason why Pakistan is the bookies' favorite is not far-fetched. They faced Team England in October in their last home test and won impressively. The same strategy of utilizing a spin track will be applied against the struggling West Indies. Players to watch on this side are Sajid Khan and Noman Ali for Team Pakistan, who will benefit from the new technology to keep home dominance. The West Indies' only chance in this game is their ability to handle the slow bowling strategy from The Green Shirt. I see the home side winning by battling first.
Our prediction for the match is Pakistan will win the toss for odds of 1.90 at 1xbet
Our second prediction - West Indies`s Kraigg Brathwaite Under 64.5 odds of 1.83 at Bet365
Our third prediction is over 129.5 Highest individual score for odds of 1.83 at Betway