Johannesburg: Under estimated West Indies captain FL Reifer won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in the second match of ICC Champions Trophy 2009. All rounder Shahid Afridi will lead the side in the absence of regular captain Younis Khan. Younis Khan sustained finger injury during warm-up match against Sri Lanka. It is believed that Pakistan have an easy outing against West Indies. Due to contract row, regular skipper Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Chanderpaul and D Bravo have not available for the mega event.
However, Reifer has asked the team to play for the nation and give their best against Pakistan.
Pakistan: Shahid Afridi, Imran Nazir, Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, , Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, Naved-ul-Hasan
West Indies: FL Reifer, DM Richards, CAK Walton , ADS Fletcher, DS Smith, TM Dowlin, DE Bernard, DJG Sammy, NO Miller, TL Best, GC Tonge