Windies were able to manage a meagre total of 111 runs in 20 overs for the loss of eight wickets courtesy leggie Shadab Khan's brilliant debut man-of-the-match performance. He took three wickets for just seven runs in his four overs.
Shadab’s future looks bright, says Sarfraz
Veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik's 38 off 29 in the chase were then enough to give Pakistan a 1-0 lead in the four-match T20I series.
After a great start to the tour, former and current Pakistan players took to twitter to congratulate the team and especially Shadab.
Great start by young Shadab Khan. Very Impressive #WellDone #TeamGreen Best time to play more young players in the eleven.
— Waqar Younis (@waqyounis99) March 27, 2017
Congratulations @SarfarazA_54 &Team Pak. Brilliant start for @76Shadabkhan , Responsible inning from Malik. Good start of the tour #WIvPAK
— Muhammad Wasim (@MuhammadWasim77) March 26, 2017
Great way to start the tour off. It's always good to begin on a winning note. Dream debut for Shadab who was absolutely sensational #WIvsPak
— Usama Mir (@iamusamamir) March 26, 2017
Congratulations to Pakistan on winning 1st T20
— Junaid khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) March 26, 2017
Well bowled Shadab Khan and well batted @realshoaibmalik
Good win boys @TheRealPCB Keep it up
What an emerging new talent . Good bowling by Shadab khan✌🏻
— Sidra Amin (@SidraAmin31) March 26, 2017
4 Overs
7 Runs
3 Wickets.
Keep up the good work #WIvPAK
Pakistan Super League chairman Najam Sethi also congratulated Sarfraz for bagging his fifth win in as many matches as the captain of the T20I team.
Congrats Team Pakistan. Congrats Captain Sarfraz. Five wins out of Five.
— Najam Sethi (@najamsethi) March 26, 2017
The International Cricket Council also took notice of the 18-year-old's achievements in his first-ever match.
What a debut for Shadab Khan! His figures of 3/7 see him pick up the Man of the Match award in his first ever T20I! #WIvPak pic.twitter.com/SxmZJkmZvw
— ICC (@ICC) March 26, 2017
The statisticians were also busy doing their job.
Shadab Khan today 4-0-7-3 - the most economical four-over spell by a debutant in T20 Internationals history. #WIvPak
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 26, 2017
Sarfraz Ahmed is 3rd captain to win first five T20Is as captain after Misbah-ul-Haq and Kumar Sangakkara. #WIvPak
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 26, 2017
The fans were also ecstatic
Never ever underestimate resilience of Pakistan cricket! May #ShadabKhan be the beacon of hope in these dark times. That googly JOY #WIvPAK
— Emmad Hameed (@Emmad81) March 26, 2017
https://twitter.com/Freeha313/status/846264007908507648
#WIvPAK
— ع سے عقیل (@jikgsshncdgk) March 27, 2017
Honeymoon period for Sarfraz is ON 😊5 out 5 victories as T20I captain 👏👏👏 #WIvPak
Shadab, Malik lead Pakistan to six-wicket win over West Indies
A terrific performance by Shadab Khan in his debut match. Great to see emerging talent excel right from the start! #WIvPAK
— Faizan S. Syed (@fznsyd) March 27, 2017
#WIvPAK ᴬᴴᴬᴺ ᴹᴬᶻᴬ ᴬᴬ ᴳᵞᴬ ᴶᴵᴼ ᴾᴬᴷᴵˢᵀᴬᴺᴵᴼ
— Amir dogar (@Amirdog12979732) March 27, 2017
WoW Shadab Khan's T20I Debut 0,
— Pervez Akhtar Sialvi (@PervezCKT) March 27, 2017
W, 1, W, 0, 0 0, W, 0, 1, 0, 1 0,
1, 0, 0, 0, 1 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0.#WIvPAK #ShadabKhan
Really Happy for @76ShadaabKhan & other youngsters like @simadwasim & @babarazam258. #WIvPAK
— Asad Ali Baig (@ibaiglaqani10) March 27, 2017
Best of luck shadab for u are future #WIvPAK
— Arslan khalid (@Arslank70400562) March 27, 2017
Pakistanis to win man of the match on t20i debut
— راۓ مصعب زبیر (@RaiMusabZubair) March 27, 2017
First - Shahid Khan Afridi
Second - Shadab Akbar Khan#WIvPAK
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