Pakistan, West Indies in Knock-out Situation

Dhaka - The West Indies have an ace up their sleeve in Saqlain Mushtaq as the defending champions take on Pakistan in a make-or-break World Twenty20 encounter in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The winner of the night clash at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium will join India in the semi-finals from group two of the Super-10s, condemning the loser to an early flight home.

Saqlain, the former Pakistan off-spinner, is a key member on the West Indies bench as their spin bowling consultant for the tournament, and his advice has benefited the team immensely.

The West Indies, better known for its battery of fast bowlers, now boast of two of the finest spinners in Twenty20 cricket in Samuel Badree, who opens with the new ball, and Sunil Narine.

Both Pakistan and the West Indies blossomed late in the tournament after losing their opening games to India, who sailed through to the semi-finals as the only unbeaten team in the Super-10s.

Pakistan too have no reason to change their winning combination. In the previous match, Pakistan brought in the experienced bowler Sohail Tanvir.

Pakistan, the 2009 champions who made the semi-finals in all four previous editions, revived their fortunes with a 16-run win over Australia before thumping hosts Bangladesh by 50 runs.

The West Indies thrashed Bangladesh by 73 runs before a spectacular late assault by Sammy handed them a last-over win over Australia.

Teams from

West Indies - Chris Gayle, Dwayne Smith, Lendl Simmons, Marlon Samuels, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Sammy (Captain), Andre Russell, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Sunil Narine, Samuel Badree, Krishmar Santokie, Sheldon Cottrell, Johnson Charles, Andre Fletcher, Ravi Rampaul

Pakistan - Ahmed Shehzad, Kamran Akmal (wk), Mohammad Hafeez (Captain), Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohaib Maqsood, Shahid Afridi, Sohail Tanvir, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Zulfiqar Babar, Bilawal Bhatti, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Talha, Sharjeel Khan

Match facts
Tuesday April 1, 2014 (day/night)
Start time 1900 local (1330 GMT, 6pm PKT)

Scores	Upcoming	Results
West Indies vs Bangladesh - 2nd Test 2nd Test - South Africa v Sri Lanka - December 05-09, 08:00 GMT 3rd T20I - Zimbabwe v Pakistan - December 05, 11:30 GMT 2nd T20I - Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo Pakistan won by 10 wickets (with 87 balls remaining) 1st T20I - Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo Pakistan won by 57 runs

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