West Indies Playing XI vs New Zealand- 3rd T20I, West Indies Tour of New Zealand 2025
Published - 09 Nov 2025, 02:00 AM | Updated - 09 Nov 2025, 03:01 AM
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New Zealand will face the West Indies in the third of the five-match T20I series. This article provides details about the West Indies' Playing 11 vs New Zealand for the third match of the series.
West Indies Playing XI vs New Zealand- 3rd T20I, West Indies Tour of New Zealand 2025:
Openers: Alick Athanaze, Brandon King
The visitors, Windies, would want to make a strong comeback after losing the second T20I against New Zealand when they take on them in the next game scheduled to be played on Sunday ( November 9).
The former T20 World Cup champions fell three runs short of what coup;d have been a memorable come-from-behind win, given that they were reduced to 93 for 6 in pursuit of a target of 208 runs.
Having said that, the team management and the captain, Shai Hope, would want the batters to put on a much-improved effort with the bat as compared to how they batted in the previous game.
For that to happen West Indies would want the opening pair of Brandon King and Alick Athanaze to get going, which they haven't been able to do in the first couple of matches in the ongoing five-match series.
In addition to that, the Windies would also bank on the openers to play a match-winning knock individually as well.
Middle-order batsmen and all-rounders: Shai Hope (wk/c), Ackeem Auguste, Roston Chase, Rovman Powell, Jason Holder, Romario Shepherd, Matthew Forde
The opening duo will be followed by a middle order which, although has performed well in the recent past but his heavily relied on the team's captain Shai Hope to score runs for the West Indies to have any chance of winning, especially while chasing.
Yes, there is no denying the fact that being the captain, Hope should lead from the front, but it would be unfair to expect him to score runs every time he walks in to bat
The team has batters who are extremely talented and have the ability to change the game in the West Indies' favour.
The evidence of which was on show during the last match, West Indies' lower middle order, comprising Romario Shepherd and Matthew Forde, kept the team in the hunt along with former captain Rovman Powell.
The responsibility will be on batters like Roston Chase, who can bat higher up in the order, and Ackeem Auguste, to make a more significant contribution and play with freedom in the middle overs.
Bowlers: Akeal Hosein, Jayden Seales
As far as the team's bowling attack is concerned, it has done a fine job in both matches so far and would want to continue that in the next match.
Yes, they did concede over 200 runs in the previous match. It wasn't like the match got away from them, as it was still a manageable total.
The team is expected to stick with the same bowling lineup that featured in the last match and included four fast bowlers and two spinners.
The only concern for the Shai Hope-led side would be the performance of the bowlers in the middle overs, something they would like to rectify in the next match.
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