NZ VS PAK 2024/25, NZ VS PAK 2ND T20I MATCH REPORT, March 18, 2025


New Zealand 137 for 5 (Seifert 45, Allen 38, Rauf 2-20) Beat Pakistan 135 for 9 (Agha 46, Sodhi 2-17, Duffy 2-20, Sears 2-23) by five WICKETS

The powerful PowerPlay performances in New Zealand with Ball and Bat comfortably sent Pakistan in the second T20I in Dunedin to give the hosts a 2-0 advantage in the five-game series.

Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi set Pakistan early to paralyze their batting effort, forcing visitors to do only 135 in the 15-Overs-A-Side contest, after which the Tim Seifert openers (45 of 22 balls) and Finn Allen (38 of 16) killed the CHASE early, adding 66 in just 28 deliveries.
The 46 of Salman Agha, and the economic spells of Khushdil Shah and Haris Rauf, were the positive aspects of the Pakistan field. But, in general, they were surpassed by the hosts, although the Gulf between the two sides was less than in the first T20i. The teams now move to Auckland, with visitors a defeat far from losing the series.

Sodhi complements NZ’s new effort

After New Zealand’s substitute captain, Michael Bracewell, he chose to play, Duffy’s ascending delivery caused the operator Hasan Nawaz to stagnate at the point back in the first on himself. Sears then fired an aggressive Mohammad Haris for 11 when he cut the bowling player to third place.

Agha, the captain of Pakistan, then countered to give the visitors the entries some impulse, but the introduction of Bracewell of Sodhi paralyzed them. Irfan Khan’s advantage outside Sodhi saw him hide at the point back, and two balls later, Khushdil was walking back after being caught in front of the stumps on the doll plaque.

The 46 of 28 Agha balls threatened New Zealand in the middle, but when he fell in the tenth of Sears in his second spell, Pakistan lost steam. However, Shadab Khan’s 14-Ball 26, and Shaheen Shah Afridi’s 14-Ball 22, added a late impetus to raise visitors to 135 by 9 in 15 overs. James Neesham, playing his first T20i in nine months, ended with 2 for 26, both wickts arrived on day 13.

“The boys playing in the wind threw themselves particularly well,” Bracewell said after the game. “I think that when the Wickt has been under covered for a day or so and offers an additional rebound, our bowling players used the surface well. We were quite happy with the score in the part -time.”

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