3rd T20, New Zealand beat Pakistan – Sports

New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets and 10 balls in the third T20 match.

New Zealand chased down Pakistan’s target of 179 for the loss of 3 wickets in 18.2 overs, with Mark Chapman leading the way with 87 runs, Tim Wibinson 28, Tim Seifert 21 and Dan Foxcroft 21. I succeeded.

Earlier, Pakistan had set New Zealand a target of 179 runs for victory in the third T20I, which was made possible by the excellent batting of Shadab Khan and captain Babar Azam.

In the third T20 match of the series played in Rawalpindi, the New Zealand team won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first.

Openers Saeem Ayub and Babar Azam gave Pakistan a good start and Babar gave the team a 55-run opening.

Saim scored 32 runs off 22 balls with the help of a six and 5 fours but his innings ended on the same score.

Mohammad Rizwan came to support the captain Babar Azam and both of them together took the score to 84 when Babar Azam became the wicket of Ash Sodhi.

As soon as the century was completed, the national team suffered two consecutive losses, first Rizwan, who scored 23 runs, retired and returned to the pavilion, while with the addition of one run, Usman Khan also returned to the pavilion after scoring four runs.

After the fall of 4 wickets for 104 runs, Irfan Khan Niazi came to support Shadab Khan and both of them played a good game and made a partnership of 62 runs off 34 balls.

Shadab Khan scored 41 off 20 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours while Irfan played an innings of 30 runs off 20 balls.

Pakistan scored 178 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

For New Zealand, Ash Sodhi took two catches while Jacob Duffy and Michael Bracewell took one wicket each.

Earlier, Pakistan made a change in the team for the match and replaced Mohammad Amir with Abbas Afridi.

In the match, the players did not play as expected, head coach

Azhar Mahmood, the head coach of the national cricket team, says that the players did not play as expected in the third T20 match against New Zealand, they will not repeat the mistakes they are making in the World Cup. .

Talking to the media at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Head Coach Azhar Mehmood said that we did not perform well against New Zealand today. Couldn’t score the runs in the middle that were the target.

He said that Mark Chapman won the match alone, in T20 cricket one player wins the match. Top three betting numbers are fixed. An up and down rotation policy has been adopted for the remaining position players.

He said that we will learn from defeat, we will have to overcome our mistakes. We have to look at all the options before the World Cup. Our fielding quality in the match was also not good. Luck can work in batting bowling but not in fielding. If the team loses the match, I will tell the reasons for the defeat. I will defend my players at every opportunity. We are not playing other players including Imad. The mistakes they are making now will not be repeated in the World Cup.