Pakistan cricket team
Pakistan vs New Zealand T20 Series: The Pakistan team defeated the New Zealand team in spectacular fashion by 42 runs in the fifth T20 match. In this game, the bowlers of the Pakistan team showed a strong performance. This is the first win for the Pakistan team after four consecutive defeats in the five-match T20 series. This is the first win of the Pakistan team under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. Batting first, Pakistan gave the New Zealand team a target of 135 runs to win, after which the New Zealand team gave out only 92 runs. By winning the match, the Pakistan team broke a major record set by Australia.
Pakistan achieved victory
Against New Zealand, Pakistan team captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and elected to bat first. Pakistan scored 134 runs thanks to short but important innings from Mohammad Rizwan (38 runs) and Fakhar Zaman (33 runs). When Pakistan achieved this result, everyone felt that the New Zealand team would easily achieve this goal. But Pakistan saved the target of 134 runs thanks to the strength of the bowlers and claimed their first win after four consecutive defeats.
Broke the Australian record
With the win, the Pakistan team becomes the team to defend the lowest score in T20 International on New Zealand soil. This record used to be in the name of Australia. Australia had defended the score of 156 runs on New Zealand soil in 2021. But now the Pakistan team has adopted this record from Australia in its name.
The bowlers showed their strength
The spinners presented an example of strong bowling for Pakistan. Iftikhar Ahmed took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs for Pakistan team. Apart from this, Usama Mir delivered just 21 runs in four overs and also took one wicket. He was also quite economical. Iftikhar Ahmed was also awarded the Player of the Match award for his outstanding performance.
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