West Indies bat first; debuts for Akeem Jordan, Lovepreet Singh and Adhitya Shetty

Jun 06, 2023 at 4:03 PM
West Indies bat first; debuts for Akeem Jordan, Lovepreet Singh and Adhitya Shetty

Toss West Indies select to bat vs UAE

Fast bowler Akeem Jordan was handed his maiden ODI cap as West Indies gained the toss and opted to bat within the second ODI in opposition to UAE in Sharjah. Allrounder Keemo Paul, who picked up three wickets within the opening encounter, has been rested.

Jordan has returned 48 wickets in 32 List A video games at a mean of 24.31 and an financial system of 4.62.

UAE, in the meantime, made 4 adjustments to the facet that went down within the first ODI by seven wickets. Wristspinner Lovepreet Singh and the teenager Adhitya Shetty had been the debutants for UAE, changing Karthik Meiyappan, who was hit for 55 runs in his 4.2 overs within the final sport and batter Rameez Shahzad, who had copped a blow on the helmet on Sunday.

In the opposite two adjustments, Rohan Mustafa made approach for Basil Hameed, whereas Sanchit Sharma changed Junaid Siddique.

West Indies lead the three-match sequence 1-0 after Brandon King’s maiden ODI century helped them seal a snug win on Sunday.

UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 Lovepreet Singh, 5 Asif Khan, 6 Basil Hameed, 7 Ali Naseer, 8 Aayan Afzal Khan, 9 Adhitya Shetty, 10 Sanchit Sharma, 11 Zahoor Khan

West Indies: 1 Brandon King, 2 Johnson Charles, 3 Shamarh Brooks, 4 Shai Hope (capt, wk), 5 Keacy Carty, 6 Kavem Hodge, 7 Roston Chase, 8 Akeem Jordan, 9 Yannic Cariah, 10 Odean Smith, 11 Dominic Drakes