NZ vs PAK, 1st T20I: Mitchell-Saudi played the band for Pakistan, New Zealand won the 1st T20I by 46 runs
New Zealand vs Pakistan: New Zealand has defeated Pakistan by 46 runs in the first T20 International match. Daryl Mitchell was given Player of the Match for his excellent performance. Tim Southee also bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets.
HR Mandi Bhav: PAK vs NZ, 1st T20I Match Highlights: Pakistan team, which went on New Zealand tour to play T20 series, had to face defeat by 46 runs in the first match. Pakistan captain Shaheen Afridi won the toss and chose bowling at Eden Park in Auckland.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (57 runs) and batsman Daryl Mitchell (61 runs) thrashed the bowlers and scored a big score of 226 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. In response, all the batsmen of Pakistan were limited to 180 runs in 18 overs. Babar Azam played an inning of 57 runs, but could not succeed in leading the team to victory.
Mitchell-Kane defeated the bowlers fiercely
Batting first, host New Zealand made a big score of 226 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Williamson and Mitchell batted brilliantly and scored half-centuries. Williamson scored 57 runs in 42 balls with the help of 9 fours.
Whereas, Daryl Mitchell scored 61 runs in just 27 balls. This innings of Mitchell included 4 fours and 4 sixes. Apart from these, opener Finn Allen scored 34 runs in 15 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 3 fours. These batsmen thoroughly defeated the Pakistani bowlers.
Pakistani batting collapses in front of Tim Southee
Pakistan team was all out for 180 runs. Tim Southee took maximum 4 wickets. He sent set batsmen Mohammad Rizwan (25 runs) and Iftikhar Ahmed (24 runs) to the pavilion.
Apart from these, he also dismissed lower order batsmen Abbas Afridi (1 run) and Haris Rauf (0 runs). At the same time, Adam Milne and Ben Sears took 2 wickets each. Ish Sodhi got 1 success.
Babar Azam's half century in vain
Babar Azam tried his best to help the team win, but he could not bat for long after scoring his half-century. He was caught out by Ben Sears at the hands of Williamson on a personal score of 57 runs. Babar hit 6 fours and 2 sixes during his innings.
Apart from these, young batsman Sam Ayub was out after scoring 27 runs. Fakhar Zaman scored 15 runs. Aamer Jamal remained unbeaten after scoring 14 runs. The remaining batsmen returned to the pavilion cheaply.