UAE decide to bat; West Indies hand debuts to Drakes and Hodge

Jun 04, 2023 at 3:07 PM
UAE decide to bat; West Indies hand debuts to Drakes and Hodge

Toss UAE selected to bat vs West Indies

UAE received the toss and selected to bat towards West Indies within the first ODI collection, in Sharjah on a sizzling Sunday afternoon. Captain Muhammad Waseem mentioned on the toss that he felt it might be simple to place up a complete.

West Indies had two debutants: spin-bowling allrounderKavem Hodge and fast-bowling allrounder Dominic Drakes. Drakes has performed ten T20Is for West Indies and comes with an expertise of 25 List-A video games. Hodge is comparatively extra skilled, having featured in 47 List-A matches.
For UAE, 19-year-old left-hand batter Ali Naseer made his ODI debut.

This is West Indies’ first outing underneath new white-ball coach Daren Sammy.

UAE: 1 Muhammad Waseem (capt), 2 Aryansh Sharma (wk), 3 Vriitya Aravind, 4 Rameez Shahzad, 5 Asif Khan, 6 Rohan Mustafa, 7 Ali Naseer, 8 Aayan Afzal Khan, 9 Karthik Meiyappan, 10 Junaid Siddique, 11 Zahoor Khan

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