Twitter Reactions: Yasir Shah delivers win for Pakistan

Leg spinner Yasir Shah continued his spin bowling rampage and claimed 6/124 to help Pakistan bowl out West Indies for 322 and win the 2nd Test match by 133 run win.  The leg-spinner was at his effective best like he had been ever since his debut and picked up his eighth five-wicket haul and second ten-wicket match haul in 18 Tests.

It took only 46 overs for Pakistan to claim the remaining six West Indies wicket and go 2-0 up the 3 match series.  On a fifth day slow pitch, Misbah ul Haq bowled Yasir unchanged from one end while employing left arm fast bowler Rahat Ali and left arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar from the other end.

Very few would have batted that West Indies batsman would play out the entire final day and save the Test. Having lost four wickets, all kind of needless dismissals, the chances of winning was out of context for them. But, they weren’t completely fragile though. Roston Chase and Jermaine Blackwood started out positively with the latter racing his way to missing out on a century by five runs. Jason Holder also tried to hang around. But, it was only a matter of time before the Yasir Shah began chipping in wickets.

All the three wickets – Chase, Holder, Blackwood -which fell in the morning session belonged to Shah. Shai Hope and Devendra Bishoo delayed Pakistan’s victory for same time fate the Lunch break but Zulfiqar Babar, who was bowling without much success, finally rejoiced with two wickets and West Indies’ end.

Pakistan have not lost a Test series at 'home' in last 9 years. Their last defeat was against South Africa in 2007. #PakvWI

— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) October 25, 2016

Pakistan’s Test record in Abu Dhabi:
Played 9
Won 5
Drawn 4
Lost 0#Cricket #PakvWI

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 25, 2016

Most Tests runs by Asian Captains
Misbah ul Haq : 3766 @ 55.4
Mahela J : 3665 @ 59.1
Dhoni : 34.54 @ 40.6
Gavaskar : 3449 @ 50.72#PAKvWI

— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) October 25, 2016

Jason Holder: "We are in the planning stage, not yet in the executing stage. We are not as consistent as we would like to be."#PAKvWI

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 25, 2016

Misbah-ul-Haq: "When you believe that your bowlers can take 20 wickets, you are always in the hunt to win a Test match."#PAKvWI

— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz) October 25, 2016

Brilliant win! #YasirShah again bowled brilliantly. Congratulations to Misbah and entire team on series win. #PAKvWI

— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) October 25, 2016

Who says Test matches are boring?
10th WICKET for @Shah64Y in this match.#TeamGreen needs 1 wicket for a 2-0 series lead! #PAKvWI

— Islamabad United (@IsbUnited) October 25, 2016

Finally, a wicket for my man Zulfiqar Babar! #PAKvWI

— Paul Dennett (@the_summer_game) October 25, 2016

Pakistan in last 10 cricket matches:
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win #PakvWI

— Mahir (@MahirBadar97) October 25, 2016

Yasir Shah pictured with the man of the match trophy #Cricket #PAKvWI pic.twitter.com/pNQfgMfw2b

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/Cricketracker/status/790871950188916736

Pakistan has not lost a Test series at 'home' in last 9 years. Their last defeat was against South Africa in 2007. #PAKvWI

— Sarath Chandran (@ImSarathC) October 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/CktNews_pk/status/790869551600635904

Misbah-ul-Haq: "When you believe that your bowlers can take 20 wickets, you are always in the hunt to win a Test match."#PAKvWI

— Cricket Pakistan (@Cricket_PCB) October 25, 2016

PAK in Tests (Jan 2003 to Oct 2010)
61 M, 19 W, 26 L, 16 D
Since Oct 2010 to Oct 2016
49 M, 24 W, 14 L, 11 D#PAKvWI

— Jasveer Singh Kharra (@imjsk27) October 25, 2016

Most wickets after playing 18 Test matches:
Yasir Shah 112
George Lohmann 112
S F Barnes 112#Cricket

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 25, 2016

Most wins by an Asian Test captain:
M S Dhoni 27 (60 matches)
Misbah-ul-Haq 24 (48 matches)
S Ganguly 21 (49 matches)#Cricket

— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) October 25, 2016