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WI vs PAK: Due to a hamstring injury, Pakistan's swashbuckling batter Fakhar Zaman has been ruled out of the three-match ODI series against West Indies. Notably, Zaman injured himself during the second T20I against the Caribbean in Lauderhill. Khushdil Shah was roped in as a replacement for him in the 3rd T20I. It all happened when Zaman was chasing a ball towards the boundary in the 2nd T20I.

As per a report by ESPNcricinfo, a minor strain to his left hamstring has been detected.

Fakhar has now returned to Pakistan as per a confirmation by the PCB. A replacement player for the ODI team has not yet been confirmed by the PCB.

Fakhar's performance in the series was average as he couldn't convert his starts in each of the first two games, getting scores of 28 and 20.

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Pakistan Clinch T20I Series 2-1

Fifties from Sahibzada Farhan and Saim Ayub helped Pakistan to win the third and final T20 against West Indies by 13 runs to clinch the three-match series 2-1 at Florida, on Monday.

"Firstly, I must commend the bowlers for the effort they put in for the entire series. It was a little more conducive for strokeplay today. Still felt 190 would have been enough for us to chase. We speak about execution with the ball a lot, we've seen progression, we just need to be a little more consistent," Shai Hope said.

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Hope also believed West Indies batters have to deal with middle overs better and usual power-hitting at the back end. He also felt that consistency is key to being the best team in the world.

"With the batting, we need to deal with those middle overs better and our usual power-hitting at the back end, just try to have that complete cricket game, three areas, something that we need to look at. We spoke about intent (with the bat) yesterday. Alick came out and showed his class, same with Jewel in his first series. They showed they're very capable playing at this level. Consistency is key if you want to be the best team in the world, something which we haven't done. Always tough (captaincy), the games come quickly and fast, there's not much time to talk and discuss things. You got to find ways to get better," he added.

Inputs from ANI