Babar-Rizwan flopped, New Zealand won in third T20, Kiwi batter played half-century

New Delhi. New Zealand team is on Pakistan tour. The third T20 between the two teams was played in Karachi. In which New Zealand registered a great victory. New Zealand team won the toss and scored 163 runs batting first. Pakistan’s team, which came to chase, could only score 159 runs and they had to face defeat in the third T20. Kiwi batsman Tom Latham played an excellent innings.

While batting first, captain Tom Latham scored 64 runs in 49 balls. He hit 7 fours and 2 sixes during his innings. The same Daryl Mitchell scored 33 runs in 26 balls. Apart from this, none of New Zealand’s batsmen could play any special innings. Players like Chad Bowes 7, Will Young 17 and James Neesham could only score 10 runs.

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Pakistan failed to chase
After registering a resounding victory in the first 2 T20s, Pakistan failed to win the third T20. Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam could score 6 and 1 runs respectively. Apart from this, Fakhar Zaman scored 17, Saim Ayyub scored 10 runs. The best innings from Pakistan was seen with the bat of Iftikhar Ahmed. He scored 60 runs in just 24 balls.

15 runs were needed in the last over
Pakistan’s team needed 15 runs in the last over. Iftikhar Ahmed hit a brilliant six on the very first ball of the over. It seemed that Pakistan has got this match in hand. After hitting a four on the third ball, Iftikhar was dismissed on the fourth. After that, Haris Rauf beat the fifth ball and gave his wicket on the last one.

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Tags: Babar Azam, Muhammad Rizwan, Pakistan vs New Zealand, Tom Latham