Pakistan’s captain, Salman Ali Agha, acknowledged that New Zealand bowling players took advantage of favorable conditions under the lights, which led to an overwhelming defeat against New Zealand in the fourth T20i in Bay Oval on Sunday.
With this loss, Pakistan admitted the T20I series of five games 3-1 after being withdrawn by 115 while pursuing a formidable target of 221 races.
“They [New Zealand] He blocked very well and surpassed us, “said the employer while heading to a press conference after the game.
“I mean, the ball spoke. It was swinging and was also turning. But we are international cryketers, so we have to adapt that and we have to be better,” he added.
With the series already lost, Agha emphasized the need for his team to regroup and perform strong performance in the final match. “We need to regroup and need to win the last game.”
Pakistan will now seek to save pride in the fifth and final T20I, hoping to finish the series with a positive note.
The green shirts suffered an early collapse when the operator Mohammad Haris was fired for only two races in the first time by Will O’Rourke.
The situation worsened again when Jacob Duffy hit twice, eliminating Hasan Nawaz and Captain Salman Ali Agha for single-digit scores, leaving Pakistan fighting 9-3.
The fall continued with Shadab Khan out for just one race, fired by Zakary Foulkes, reducing Pakistan to 26-4 in 4.1 overs.
Irfan Khan Niazi showed some resistance with a rapid 24 of 16 balls, but Duffy’s brilliance saw him fired at 42-5.
Khushdil Shah and Abbas Afridi could not provide stability, while Shaheen Afridi’s departure in 56-8 pointed out Pakistan’s imminent defeat. Duffy claimed his room Wickt, dismissing Haris Rauf in 80-9 at 13.5 overs.
Abdul Samad fought hard, but fell short of his fifty when Pakistan’s tickets ended up disappointed.
New Zealand openers had a flight start, running to 59 in only 4.1 overs. Shaheen Afridi fought with the new ball, but Haris Rauf provided an advance by discarding Tim Seifert by 44.
The explosive of Finn Allen fifty of only 19 balls kept the impulse before Abbas Afridi withdraw it by 50.
Despite a small medium -order tropiezo, a 68 counterattack races between Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner drove New Zealand beyond the 200 -run brand.
Haris Rauf ended up with three wickts, while Abrar Ahmed and Abbas Aphridi contributed crucial advances. However, New Zealand recorded a total discouraging, leaving Pakistan with a hard persecution that finally ended in a comprehensive defeat.
