Pakistan Women’s team became the first Asian team to win the T20 series against New Zealand

Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team made history by winning the T20 series against New Zealand for the first time, for which the Prime Minister of Pakistan Anwarul Haq Kakar has also congratulated.

In the match played in Dunedin, Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team won the series by defeating New Zealand Women’s Team by 10 runs in the second T20 match.

According to a statement by the Pakistan Cricket Board, this is the second victory of the Pakistan Women’s team against the New Zealand team, which is ranked third in the world ranking. Apart from this, they have become the first Asian team to defeat New Zealand in a T20 series.

Batting first, Pakistan Women’s team set New Zealand a target of 138 runs for the loss of six wickets to win. On behalf of Pakistan, Muniba Ali got out by scoring 35 runs, while Alia Riaz scored 32 runs and remained not out until the end of the innings.

On behalf of Pakistan, Fatima Sana took three wickets for 22 runs and Sadia Iqbal took two wickets for 29 runs while Nida Dar dismissed one player.

Alia Riaz was adjudged player of the match for her excellent performance.

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar has congratulated the Pakistan women cricket team for winning the T20 series in New Zealand.

He wrote in a statement that ‘Pakistan women’s cricket team became the Asian women’s cricket team to win the T20 series in New Zealand. Pakistani women players are not behind men in any way, if they continue to work hard, Pakistan Women Cricket World Cup will also be in their name.

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In the first T20 match played by Pakistan Women’s cricket team on Sunday, Fatima Sana played an important role in the team’s victory by taking three wickets.

In the first T20 match played in Dunedin, New Zealand batted first and scored 127 runs for six wickets in 20 overs, which the Pakistani batsmen completed for the loss of only three wickets in the 19th over.

In the first T20, the Pakistani openers gave the team a good start in the target of 128 runs. Muniba Ali scored 23 runs while Shawal Zulfiqar scored 41 runs.

It should be noted that Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team has managed to win a series outside Pakistan for the first time since October 2018, while it is their first T20 series victory outside Asia and Ireland.

The third and final T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played in Queenstown on Saturday, followed by three ODIs.