The two teams will once again take on each other in the second ODI on Saturday, April 29 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
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Pakistan got off to a stunning start in the five-match ODI series vs New Zealand as they registered a five-wicket win in the first ODI on Thursday, April 27 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. The two teams will once again take on each other in the second ODI on Saturday, April 29 at the same venue. After being put in to bat first in the first ODI, New Zealand rode on Daryl Mitchell’s hundred (113 off 115) and Will Young’s stunning knock of 86 off 78 balls and put up 288/7 in 50 overs as well. Naseem Shah stepped up with the ball as he scalped 2 wickets for 29 runs in his ten-over spell as well.
In reply, Pakistan comfortably chased down the total with nine balls in hand courtesy of a magnificent hundred by Fakhar Zaman (117 off 114). Imam-ul-Haq (60 off 65), Babar Azam (49 off 46) and Mohammad Rizwan (42* off 34) as well. Adam Milne was the pick of the bowlers for New Zealand as he claimed 2/60 in nine overs, however, he gave away runs at an economy of 6.70.
New Zealand, meanwhile failed to break the opening partnership of Zaman and Imam-ul-Haq where the duo added 124 runs for the first wicket as well. Meanwhile, the left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra gave away 53 runs in 7.3 overs conceding runs at an economy of 7.10. The Kiwi captain Tom Latham, however, will hope to bounce back in the second ODI. On the other hand, the Babar Azam-led Pakistan team will try to give yet another clinical performance in the second ODI as well.
The New Zealand tour of Pakistan will be telecasted live on the Sony Network and will be live-streamed on the SonyLiv app as well.
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Pakistan: Babar Azam (C), FK Zaman, Shan Masood, H Sohail, SH Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan(wk), S Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim
New Zealand: CJ Bowes, WA Young, HM Nicholls, DJ Mitchell, MS Chapman, James Neesham, Tom Latham (C), AF Milne, MJ Henry, Ish Sodhi, BG Lister
Pakistan: Babar Azam(C), FK Zaman, Shan Masood, H Sohail, SH Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan(wk), S Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim, Saim Ayub, Iftikhar Ahmed, IM Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Z Khan, Mohammad Haris, Ihsanullah, IU Haq, Agha Salman, Abdullah Shafique, Usama Mir, Abbas Afridi
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New Zealand: CJ Bowes, WA Young, HM Nicholls, DJ Mitchell, MS Chapman, James Neesham, Tom Latham(C), AF Milne, MJ Henry, Ish Sodhi, BG Lister, Rachin Ravindra, BM Tickner, CE McConchie, HB Shipley, D Cleaver, Tom Blundell, Finn Allen, Glenn Phillips, LH Ferguson, JS Patel
Fakhar Zaman (C), Mark Chapman, Tom Latham, Babar Azam, Daryl Mitchell, Henry Nicholls, Shadab Khan, Jimmy Neesham, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Ish Sodhi
