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New Delhi: Pakistan suffered a 9-wicket defeat in the first match of the T20 series on their tour to New Zealand. The first match of the 5-match series was played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, Pakistan’s team was all out for 91 runs in 18.4 overs. This is Pakistan’s lowest score against New Zealand. Chasing the target of 92 runs, the Kiwi team won in 61 balls.
Both the openers of Pakistan returned to the pavilion without opening their account
Pakistan had a bad start. Both the openers Mohammad Haris and Hasan Nawaz returned to the pavilion without opening their account. Haris was caught out in the last ball of the first over. Kyle Jamieson gave New Zealand its first success.
Nawaz also got caught on the first ball of the second over. Irfan Khan also returned to the pavilion on the second ball of the third over. The team’s score was 1 run then. Captain Salman Agha tried to handle the innings, but he too got out after scoring 18 runs. Khushdil Shah scored the highest 32 runs for Pakistan. Jahandad Khan played an innings of 17 runs.
NZ won in just 61 balls
New Zealand achieved the target of 92 runs in 61 balls by losing one wicket. Tim Seifert scored the most runs for New Zealand. He scored 44 runs facing 29 balls. Seifert hit 7 fours and 1 six in his innings. At the same time, Finn Allen remained unbeaten after scoring 29 runs in 17 balls. Tim Robinson also played an unbeaten innings of 18 runs in 15 balls. The Pakistani team could take only 1 wicket, this success went to Abrar Ahmed.
