West Indies Playing 11 vs Australia- 2nd T20I, Australia tour of West Indies 2025

Australia will be up against the West Indies in the second of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about the West Indies' Playing 11 vs Australia for the second match of the series.

West Indies Playing 11 vs Australia- 2nd T20I, Australia tour of West Indies 2025:

Openers: Brandon King, Shai Hope (c & wk)

Although the West Indies lost the first T20I, the team is expected to go in with the same playing XI in the second match that played the series opener.

One of the reasons for this is that the team management would want to bring some stability to the side, and that could only be done by ensuring that the players feel secure about their spot in the team.

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That being said, if we look at the performance of the Shai Hope-led side in the first match, it wasn't as bad as it looked, as the team only failed to seize certain moments, which cost them the game.

That is the reason why the West Indies will continue to open the innings with the opening pair of Brandon King and Shai Hope, both of whom batted well, with the captain scoring a fine half-century.

Hope was well supported by King, who got the team off to a quick start but wasn't able to convert that into a big score.

Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Roston Chase, Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Jason Holder,

The middle order is packed with all-rounders and includes the likes of Roston Chase, Andre Russell, and Jason Holder, along with hard-hitting batters like Shimron Hetmyer, Rovman Powell, and Sherfane Rutherford.

That is what makes the Windies a force to reckon with, especially in the batting department, which was evident in the first T20I as the team batted well for the majority of the inning.

Having said that, one of the areas that the hosts need to work on is their batting in the final five overs, as it was the point of difference between them and Australia in the last match.

Bowlers: Gudakesh Motie, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph

Windies would be somewhat happy with the way their bowlers bowled in the opening match of the series against an attacking Australian batting lineup, which was able to clear the boundary with ease.

The bowlers were able to run Australia close despite the batters taking the aggressive route, but the West Indies bowling lineup was able to pull things back by picking up wickets at crucial moments.

It was a complete effort from the bowlers who would be thinking that the story might have been different if the team could have scored 10-15 runs more in the final five overs.

All things said that the home side would be confident of winning the second match and would hope for the batters to take more responsibility at the backend of the innings.