Pakistan group cleberates after success over New Zealand. Image: @TheRealPCB
NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup Semi-Final Highlights
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored a fifty each as the guys in green beat the Kiwis in all departments to beat them by 7 wickets. It was not a simple target at all, considered that the pitch was a slow one and New Zealand had 2 quality spinners in Ish Sodhi and Mitchell Santner. The opening set of Babar and Rizwan included 105 for the very first wicket and then the Pakistanis didn’t lose wickets in a lot and hence cruised through in 19.1 overs and attained the target of 153 quickly. They now go into the last and wait for the winner of the India-England clash.
Earlier at night, New Zealand crossed the 150 mark on this not-so-easy wicket to bat at the SCG. Daryl Mitchell was the sheet anchor of the innings as he made certain that the run of play did not decrease excessive. He has actually scored 53 off 35 balls, and in addition to skipper Williamson put in a much-needed collaboration of 68 runs. Once again, he included 35 with Jimmy Neesham off simply 22 balls to get to 152 ultimately.
For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi chose 2/24 while Muhammad Nawaz chose 1/12 as he might just bowl 2 overs of his four-over quota.
NZ vs PAK Summary: Pakistan win by 7 wickets
| Pakistan(153 -3 in191 Overs) | New Zealand ( ) -4 in20 Overs ) |
| Mohammad Rizwan-57 (43 ) | Daryl Mitchell-53 (35) |
| Babar Azam- 53(42 ) | Kane Williamson-46(42) |
| Trent Boult- 2/33(4 ) | Shaheen Afridi- 2/ 24( 4) |
| Mitchell Santner- 1/26( 4) | Mohd Nawaz- 1/12( 2) |
New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Semi-Final Toss
Kane Williamson won the toss versus Babar Azam and chose that New Zealand will bat. Both the skippers chose that there will be no modifications made to their particular playing 11 s as the groups are settled quite well.
New Zealand playing11
Finn Allen, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson (capt), Glenn Phillips, Daryll Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Pakistan playing11
Mohammad Rizwan, Babar Azam( capt), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Haris, Shan Masood, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi
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