Pakistan vs New Zealand
The first match between New Zealand and Pakistan was abandoned. Today the two teams met in the second match of the series. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to field. And Pakistani bowlers are bowling well. New Zealand is under a lot of pressure at the moment.
New Zealand only scored 50 runs in 8.3 overs, but the team has already lost 5 wickets. No top order batsman can bat well. The New Zealand team could not collect an average of 6 runs per over. It will also be very difficult for New Zealand to give a target of more than 100 runs.
Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed and Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled well. Due to the controlled bowling of these three bowlers, the batsmen of New Zealand are not able to bat well. Pakistan will probably have no problem winning today's match.
Pakistan on top at the moment, New Zealand have lost 6 wickets in 12th over and total score is just 64. Mark Chapman is the highest run scorer so far from New Zealand so far, he has scored 19 runs. It's very unlikely that New Zealand will be able to complete there 20 overs. Pakistani bowlers have done a decent job by not allowing New Zealander Batsmen to settle and score runs. New Zealand can give a target of 120 max from here and that will be quite easy to chase to batting surface of Rawalpindi.
The New Zealand team was able to provide a target of only 91 runs. However, the way New Zealand's top order batted, it was expected that New Zealand would provide such a target. Even then if New Zealand could have given 120+ target on this pitch then the match would have been competitive.
Shaheen Shah Afridi picked up three wickets in 3.1 overs. Besides, Abrar, Amir and Shadab took two wickets each. Every bowler from Pakistan bowled brilliantly today.
Saim Ayub returned to the dressing room having scored just 4 runs. But I don't think Pakistan will face any big problem to win this match. At the end of 4 overs, Pakistan collected 30 runs with the loss of 1 wicket. Rizwan and Babar are batting responsibly.