The New Zealand team still has 8-8 wickets. Still need 104 runs from 66 balls. It is not a run in the T20 realm. For Pakistan, SShadab Khan's innings of 41 off 20 balls with a strike rate of around 205 was a sight to behold. New Zealand still needs 93 runs from 55 balls. Maybe very soon New Zealand will reach the peak of victory.
It was only a disappointment for the Pakistan cricket team to lose against the New Zealand team at the Rawalpindi Stadium. However the good thing for the Pakistan team is that the the next match of this series is too long in distance after the break of 4 days, we will see them right back at Gaddafi Stadium once again in front of each other and playing against each other on April 25th. By that time, the Pakistan players would hopefully forget the humiliating defeat.
I think that in the Gaddafi Stadium, Imad Wasim and Zaman Khan could be played once again. Honestly, I am very excited to see Imad Wasikm because he played his last match under Babar’s captaincy and in Gaddafi Stadium and also he played his last match against New Zealand while Zaman Khan also waiting to be played against New Zealand in this series. Remember as Babar Azam said everyone gets a chance to be play in this series, in different combinations, so this will be a time to try another combination.
Does anyone know why did Mohammed Amir not play this match?
If Mohammed Amir was there for Pakistan, I think it was actually going to be easy for them.
But anyway I think Mohammed Amir is pretty old at this point and does deserve some rest to be honest. It is also probably not a good idea to play every match with him, especially before the World Cup. And yes I also remember Babar Azam saying that as well.
So yes I think they are trying out different combinations to see which is going to work the best for them.
But isn’t this a wrong time to do that?
It would have been great if they had done this before. I hope this works for them.