West Indies captain Kieron Pollard won the toss and chose to bat first against Pakistan in the third Twenty20 International of the four-match series at the National Stadium in Guyana on Sunday.

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Trailing 1-0 following a seven-run loss in the second match at the same venue on Saturday, the home side have brought in all-rounder Andre Russell as opening batsman Evin Lewis continues to struggle with an abdominal issue which forced him to retire hurt in the secone game.

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Veteran Chris Gayle is expected to move up the order to open the batting with Andre Fletcher. Pakistan have also made one change to their winning line-up from the day before as Shaheen Shah Afridi is replaced by fellow pacer Haris Rauf.

Teams: West Indies - Kieron Pollard (captain), Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran (wicketkeeper), Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Jason Holder, Dwayne Bravo, Hayden Walsh, Akeal Hosein.

Pakistan - Babar Azam (captain), Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Hafeez, Fakhar Zaman, Sohaib Maqsood, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Mohammad Wasim, Haris Rauf, Usman Qadir.

Umpires: Gregory Brathwaite (WIS), Joel Wilson (WIS)

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Match Referee: Richie Richardson

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