Babar Azam
In the third match of the 5-match T20 series between New Zealand and Pakistan, the Pakistan team suffered a defeat by 45 runs. In this match, played at the Dunedin soil, the New Zealand team had scored 224 runs in their first batting while the Pakistan team, in pursuit of the target, managed to reach the score of 178 runs despite Babar Azam's half-century. By losing this game, the Pakistan team also lost this series. In that match, during Babar Azam's innings, the spectators present in the stadium narrowly escaped injury from a shot, which worried even Babar for some time.
Babar held his head as he fired the shot
In the 13th over of that game, Babar Azam played a pull shot on a short ball from Matt Henry that went straight to deep square leg for a six. Meanwhile, a spectator beyond the boundary line tried to catch him but he failed and the ball went straight to him, after which the spectator suffered great pain. Babar Azam also held his head after seeing this scene. The video of this incident is now going viral on social media. In this match, Babar managed to score 58 runs off 37 balls with 8 fours and a six off his bat.
Captain Shaheen cited poor bowling as the main reason for the defeat.
After the defeat in this T20 series, Pakistan team captain Shaheen Afridi cited poor bowling as the main reason behind it. Shaheen said after the match that in the history of this stadium, whether it is international or domestic cricket, it has been a very easy task to pursue the target here and that is why we had decided to bowl first , after we discussed it as a team. However, we couldn't bowl well in the powerplay. So far we haven't bowled well at all in all three games in this series. Still, we need to dedicate time to this team given the big event.
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