5 standout performers from the Pakistan vs West Indies Test series

#3 Yasir Shah

Yasir Shah was adjudged the Player of the Series for his 21 wickets

The series saw two leg spinners plying their trade for their respective teams. Pakistan’s Yasir Shah came out the slightly better of the two, finishing with a series tally of 21 wickets at an average of 26.85 runs per wicket. When he clean bowled Miguel Cummins in West Indies' first innings of the Day-night Test in Dubai, he reached the landmark of 100 Test wickets and became the joint second fastest of all time, alongside Charlie Turner, Syd Barnes and Clarrie Grimmett, in terms of number of Tests played to reach the milestone.

In the 2nd Test at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, Yasir registered match figures of 10/210 – his 2nd 10 wicket haul in 19 Tests – and was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ for a bowling performance that clinched the match as well as the series for Pakistan.

He toiled on the flat and unhelpful surfaces that didn’t offer turn even on the fifth day, bowling the most number of overs in the series - close to 200 – to prise out wickets through sheer guile. Bishoo’s 135 overs came a distant second.

Yasir Shah was also awarded the Player of the Series for his large-hearted display of high-class leg spin bowling.