Shaheen-Amir Tope Nastanabood New Zealand

New Zealand is touring Pakistan without several star players due to IPL. The touring youngsters were not tested in the first T20I as the match was washed out by rain. Coming into the second match of the series, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Amir, who returned to the national team after four years, were bowled over by Kiwis. After being bowled out for just 90 runs, they lost the match by a huge margin of 7 wickets. The match was completely one-sided at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on Saturday. The youthful Kiwis have struggled to match the Shaheen-Amirs from the start. For them, only four reached double figures, the highest of which was 19 runs from Mark Chapman. On the contrary, Shaheen took 3 wickets for 13 runs and Amir took 2 wickets for 13 runs to lay the foundation for Pakistan’s victory. In response, Babar Azam’s team was not supposed to get much momentum in the run chase. However, the start of the hosts was not smooth. Opener Saim Ayyub returned with only 4 runs. This classic batter returned with a catch from the pacer Ben Lister. After Babar was at the crease for a while, he was not in T20 mood. 14 off 13 balls Michael Bracewell was stumped. Usman Khan quickly returned from the UAE to play for Pakistan. He was bowled by Ish Sodhir for just 7 runs in his first international innings. However, because the opponent’s run limit is low, Pakistan may not have to think like that. The experienced cricketer Mohammad Rizwan was at the crease on him. He took the team to the port of victory by picking up runs. Rizwan was unbeaten on 45 runs with 4 fours and a six in a 34-ball innings. And with this, this Pak wicketkeeper-batsman has also completed a great milestone. Rizwan became the fastest to 3,000 runs in T20Is, surpassing Virat Kohli and compatriot Babar. Apart from this, Rizwan was accompanied at the end by Irfan Khan, who made his debut in the current series. Although he did not rotate the strike, he played an innings of 18 runs off 18 balls. And with that, Pakistan won by 7 wickets in 12.1 overs. Lister, Sodhi and Bracewell got one wicket each for the Kiwis. Earlier, the first match was interrupted by rain, and the second T20 was also threatened. But there was no such problem on the day, after a sunny day the visitors started the series with a stumble in the evening. Although opener Tim Seifert was giving a glimpse of something different with a six-four, that was the end of it. At 12, Shahin says his goodbyes. Since then, the Kiwis have lost wickets at regular intervals. Other than Seifert, other batters with double-digit home runs for them are Dean Foxport (13), Mark Chapman (19) and Cole McConchie (15). As a result, they were bundled out for 90 runs in 18.1 overs. Apart from Shaheen and Amir, Abrar Ahmed and Shadab Khan took two wickets each for Pakistan. Apart from this, Nasim Shah took one wicket.

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