West Indies enter the 2nd Test at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain as favourites to complete a 2-0 series sweep over a struggling Pakistan side. West Indies Momentum: Following a decisive 90-run victory in Tarouba, the hosts aim to secure back-to-back Test series wins for the first time in nearly three decades (excluding series against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh). Pakistan's Selection Dilemma: Captain Shan Masood has been ruled out due to a fractured finger. Abdullah Shafique returns to the top order to replace him, while Saud Shakeel has also been added to bolster the middle order. Key Matchup & Conditions: Unlike the pace-heavy surface in Tarouba, Trinidad’s Queen's Park Oval is expected to offer more assistance to spin. West Indies' balanced seam attack remains their primary advantage over a fragile Pakistan batting order. For the hosts, the challenge is not to let inconsistency creep in after a game where they maintained their level for the best part of four days. The batters might not match the bowlers' class, but they dug in despite unhelpful conditions and gave the pace bowlers just about enough to work with. West Indies refused to let the game run away from them when Pakistan were dominating, hanging onto their coattails and timing their pounce to perfection. They have the mental edge over the visitors, and if they can prevent their level from dropping, should be confident of success again. Abdullah Shafique has endured a difficult time in international cricket for the best part of three years. Since he made a whirlwind start to Test cricket, the form has tailed off since the end of 2022, and he has dropped down the pecking order. While his last 31 innings have yielded a modest 754 runs at 25.13, he has, even in this rougher period, demonstrated the ability to chip in with occasional, albeit inconsistent, contributions. He scored a century in Multan against England in 2024 and a half-century in Rawalpindi against a tricky South African attack last year. With Masood out with injury, there is a top-order slot to be grabbed, and Shafique has been handed an opportunity to take it. While it is the middle of the wet season, the second Test coincides with an unusually dry spell forecast, so interruptions should be few, if any. The Test takes place at the Queen's Park Oval, the conventional Test venue in Trinidad, where spin should play more of a factor than it did at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy. Probable XI West Indies Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Brandon King, Kavem Hodge, Shai Hope (wk), Amir Jangoo, Justin Greaves, Roston Chase (c), Jomel Warrican, Shamar Joseph, Kemar Roach, Jayden Seales Pakistan Azan Awais, Imam-ul-Haq, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam (c), Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Salman Agha, Aamer Jamal, Sajid Khan, Mohammad Ali / Khurram Shahzad / Ubaid Shah, Mohammad Abbas