The guests must win this game to push the series to a decider
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in opposition to New Zealand
Pakistan obtained the possibility for a do-over in Hamilton after their captain as soon as once more had the coin fall his method. Batting first did not work at Eden Park as they slipped to 39 for five however that did not deter Shadab Khan from wanting runs on the board once more, though he did throw down the gauntlet to his misfiring top-order batsmen: “win the powerplay”. Khan’s religion in the established order was such that he did not even change the XI that lost the first T20I by 5 wickets.
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New Zealand has been bolstered by the return of a number of all-format players. Kane Williamson is again after the born of his daughter. Tim Southee and Trent Boult – whose work in Test cricket made Richard Hadlee see parallels with the West Indies bowling assault of the 70s and 80s – will need to present they’ll do related injury within the shortest format. Kyle Jamieson, all 6’8″ of him, is right here as effectively and will probably be seeking to delay opposition batsmen as soon as extra together with his bounce and swing.
Making technique to accommodate the massive boys within the XI have been Jacob Duffy, Mitchell Santner, Daryl Mitchell and Blair Tickner.
Pakistan Squad: 1 Abdullah Shafique, 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Haider Ali, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Shadab Khan (capt), 6 Khushdil Shah, 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Shaheen Afridi, 11 Haris Rauf
New Zealand Squad: 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Devon Conway, 5 Glenn Phillips, 6 Jimmy Neesham, 7 Scott Kuggeleijn, 8 Kyle Jamieson, 9 Tim Southee, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Ish Sodhi
