New Zealand vs Pakistan
The first match of the five-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand was played at the Eden Park Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. In this game, the Pakistan team was defeated by 46 runs. This defeat leaves the Pakistani team trailing 0-1 in the series. Pakistan performed very poorly in this game. The Pakistan team, which went into this game with a new captain and a new plan, saw no benefit from it. Pakistan played in this match under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. Despite making some changes in the team's batting order, Pakistan lost the game.
How was the game?
In this match between the two teams, Pakistan captain Shaheen Afdiri won the toss and opted to bowl. At the start of the game, this decision by the Pakistan captain seemed to be in the interest of the team. When he took the wicket of New Zealand opener Devon Conway on the second ball of the game, New Zealand then made a strong comeback and put Pakistan completely on the defensive. Even after the early loss of the first wicket, the New Zealand team did not lose their composure and from then on Finn Allen and captain Kane Williamson controlled the innings very well. Both batsmen combined took the team to 50 runs above themselves in the fifth over.
With Finn Allen out, Daryl Mitchell came to the crease and started washing away the Pakistan bowlers as soon as he arrived. Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 61 runs off just 27 balls in this match. In the end, Mark Chapman scored 26 runs off 11 balls. Thanks to the contribution of these batsmen, New Zealand scored 226 runs by losing 8 wickets in 20 overs against Pakistan and gave a huge target to the Pakistan team. During this period, all of Pakistan's bowlers performed disappointingly. Captain Shaheen Afridi scored 46 runs in 4 overs. Although he also took three wickets.
Couldn't drive out of Pakistan
Pakistan had set a target of winning by 227 runs. The Pakistan team, aiming for such a big total, got off to a very good start. The team's opening batsman Sam Ayub started destroying the New Zealand bowlers immediately after his arrival. However, he had to retire due to a mistake by Mohammad Rizwan. Sam Ayub scored 27 runs off 8 balls in this match. After Sam Ayub's dismissal, the responsibility now fell on Babar Azam, who however started playing very slow innings. Although Babar played a bit quickly at the end, he could not lead the team to victory. Babar scored 57 runs off 35 balls in this match. On the other hand, no other batsman in the team could do anything special and the Pakistan team reached a score of 180 in 18 overs.
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