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New Zealand’s Tim Cifort Player of the Match. He scored 45 runs on 22 balls.
New Zealand has taken a 2–0 lead in the 5-match T20 series against Pakistan. The team defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the second match. In the match played on Tuesday in Dunedin, hosts New Zealand won the toss and chose bowling.
Kiwis stopped the Pakistan team for 135 runs for 9 wickets in 15 overs. Then scored the necessary runs to win at the loss of 5 wickets in 13.1 overs. The match was reduced to 15–15 overs due to rain. New Zealand’s Tim Cifort Player of the Match.
The match was reduced to 15–15 overs due to rain. According to local time, the match was to start at 2:15 pm, but the rain came before the toss. In such a situation, the match started after 3:30 pm.
New Zealand captain Michael Bracewell and Pakistani Captain Aga Salman during the toss.
New Zealand openers fast start New Zealand openers scored fast to chase the target of 135 runs. The pair of Tim Sifart and Finn Ellen shared a 66 -run opening on 28 balls.
The team lost 4 wickets in scoring the next 31 runs from here. Sifart scored 45 and Ellen scored 38 runs. Mark Chapman contributed 14 runs and Deril Mitchell contributed 14 runs.
Finally, Mitchell Hey scored an unbeaten 21 runs and brought the team to victory. Haris Rauf got 2 wickets.
Tim Sifart shared a 66 -run opening with Finn Allen.
Pakistan lost wickets at regular intervals Pakistan’s start to batting after losing the toss was poor. The team lost the wicket of opener Hasan Nawaz in the first over itself. He was caught by Jacob Dafi at the hands of Mark Chapman. The team lost 4 wickets to score 52 runs.
Apart from captain Aga Salman (46 runs), no other batsman could play a big innings. Shadab Khan scored 26 and Shaheen Afridi scored an unbeaten 22 runs. Jacob Dafi, Ben Cyrus, Jimmy Neesham and Ish Sodhi took 2-2 wickets from New Zealand.
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