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Pakistan and New Zealand teams will clash from Thursday
The first T20 match will be played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Babar Azam is returning to captaincy
New Delhi. The Indian cricket team will fly straight to play the T20 World Cup after playing the IPL, while the neighboring country Pakistan will enter this mega tournament by playing the T20 series before the World Cup. The 5-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand will start from Thursday. The first three T20s of the series will be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium while the remaining two T20s will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Babar Azam is returning to captaincy. Mohammad Aamir and Imad Wasim are making a comeback in the Pakistani squad after coming out of retirement. Pacer Aamir has gone to jail on charges of fixing while all-rounder Imad had said goodbye to international cricket last year.
The main players of New Zealand are playing in IPL in India. He has sent his second-rate team to Pakistan. The Kiwi team is touring Pakistan (New Zealand Cricket Team Tour of Pakistan) for the third time in the last 17 months. Earlier, New Zealand had played Pakistan from December 2022 to January 2023 and April 2023. Earlier, the Test series between the two teams had ended in a draw whereas the Kiwi team had won the ODI series. In the same year, Pakistan won the ODI series by 4-1, whereas in the T20 series this year, Pakistan was forced to lose the T20 series by 1-4 on the New Zealand tour.
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There will be no live telecast of Pakistan and New Zealand (PAK vs NZ) T20 series on TV in India. However, cricket fans can enjoy live streaming on mobile through Fan Code app. This series will be telecast exclusively live on A Sports HD in Pakistan. All five T20 matches of the series will be played from 7:30 pm Indian time.
pakistan squad vs new zealand
Babar Azam (captain), Abrar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Aamir, Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saeem Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Usman Khan , Zaman Khan.
new zealand squad vs pakistan
Michael Bracewell (captain), Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Tim Robinson, Josh Clarkson, James Neesham, Dean Foxcroft, Cole McConchie, Tim Seifert, Jacob Duffy, Ben Lister, Adam Milne, William O’Rourke, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 17, 2024, 15:59 IST