Jason Holder scripts new record for West Indies during WI vs PAK 2nd T20I

After the defeat in the opening T20I clash between West Indies and Pakistan at the Centra Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida, the pressure was immense on the Caribbean side to make a strong comeback to keep the series alive. It’s noteworthy that they lost their last eight games at home against Australia in the longest and shortest formats of the game.

The Shai Hope-led side made a strong comeback in the fixture with a two-wicket victory. However, it was a memorable clash for Jason Holder, the former captain, who scripted a new record in the T20Is for the Caribbean team. The Barbados-born went past Dwayne Bravo to become the new leading wicket-taker of the West Indies side in the shortest format with 81 scalps.

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Bravo finished with 78 wickets in 77 innings during his tenure at an average of 26.10 and a strike rate of 19.29 with an economy rate of just over eight. Holder now has bagged 81 T20I scalps in 71 innings at an average of nearly 30 and an economy rate of under nine.

Jason Holder becomes West Indies’ leading T20I wicket-taker during WI vs PAK 2nd T20I

Batting first, the visitors put 133/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Both openers had a poor and silent game with the bat as Fakhar Zaman struggled for his 20 runs in 19 balls at number three. Hasan Nawaz smashed 40 runs in 23 balls with the help of one boundary and four sixes at a strike rate of 173.91. Holder finished with figures of 4/19 in four overs.

West Indies kept losing wickets at regular intervals in the chase, as the skipper had the hardest time in the middle for his 21 runs in 30 balls. Gudakesh Motie got 28 runs in 20 balls, but the pressure was on to chase the low score.

Again, it was Holder, who creamed a boundary on the last delivery of the second innings to remain unbeaten on 16 runs in 10 balls and shoulder them over the line by two wickets. The third fixture of the series will take place in less than 24 hours.