Great image: Second opportunity for Pakistan
In the absence of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam, they have been removed, and Saim Ayub, who is still recovering from an ankle injury, Pakistan handed Hasan Nawaz a debut and premiered with Mohammad Haris, who was interpreting a T20i after almost two years, with Salman sloting in no. Big-go, Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Ats Pakistan Temples scores of a single digit with Khushdil Shah scored scored with 32 of 30 balls. How will Pakistan go in the second game after the first fault?
Although New Zealand lacks key players due to their IPL commitments, they landed in the first blows with the ball in the first game, thanks to Kyle Jamieson and Jacob Duffy, who shared seven wickts from each other at the end. Tim Seifert, Finn Allen and Tim Robinson then destroyed Pakistan’s attack.
While building their reservations, New Zealand will also seek to continue their domination. And Jimmy Neesham, who has not played for New Zealand since June 2024, could have to wait for his turn.
Form guide
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Team news
It is unlikely that New Zealand plays with the winning combination and they are likely to go with Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy and Zakary Foulkes in the department of Rhythm and Ish Sodhi and Captain Michael Bracewell as spinning.
New Zealand (Probable): 1 Tim Seifert, 2 Finn Allen, 3 Tim Robinson, 4 Mark Chapman, 5 Daryl Mitchell, 6 Mitchell Hay (WK), 7 Michael Bracewell (Capt), 8 Zakary Foulkes, 9 ish sodhi, 10 Kyle Jamieson, 11 Jacob Duffy
Pakistan delivered a debut to the rapid player Mohammed Ali and asked him to open the bowling alley with Shaheen Afridi. This meant that Haris Rauf did not appear in the first game. Ali played three overs and granted 25 races. Since it is a series of five games, Pakistan will want to give Ali some more opportunities before bringing the experienced rauf.
Pakistan (Probable): 1 Mohammad Haris (WK), 2 Hasan Nawaz, 3 Salman Agha (Capt), 4 Irfan Khan, 5 Shadab Khan, 6 Khushdil Shah, 7 Abdul Samad, 8 Jahandad Khan, 9 Shaheen Aphridi, 10 hug, 11 Mohammed Ali
Tone and conditions
The university oval in Dunedin has organized three T20 of men so far. The last one was played in January 2024, when Finn Allen’s 137 took New Zealand to 224, and beat Pakistan for 45 races. In general, it has been a friendly surface for batting, with teams that score 9.88 run in this place in T20IS. Three out of six times, the teams have published more than 200 totals here. The forecast on the game is for occasional shower in the middle of the cold climate.
Statistics and trivia
- Tim Seifert, who has played the three T20is Dunedin has been the host, has an average of 56.50 in the place.
- Since the beginning of 2020, New Zealand has won eight of the 12 T20 in Pakistan at home.
Quotes
“[It’s] I definitely lived here since I was 18 years old, so good to be at home, I obviously spent a lot of time in Pakistan four or five weeks before this series too, so I have only had a couple of nights since then, so it is good to get home, get home to the dog. I hope to get to what I think is the best land in the country. “New Zealand fast Jacob Duffy When playing in Dunedin.
Srinidhi Ramanujam is a deputy with Essencricinfo