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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 18, 2024, 21:03:36 IST
Live Cricket Score PAK vs NZ - Stay updated with Times of India to get all the live cricket score updates, scorecard, and ball by ball commentary of the first T20I between Pakistan and New Zealand in Rawalpindi.Read Less
Update (9.03 pm local) (3.33 pm GMT) - it continues to rain and there was sights of thunder also nearby. The delay seems a lengthy one. All we can do for now is keep our fingers crossed and hope.
New Zealand XI
Michael Bracewell (captain), Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson, Jacob Duffy, Dean Foxcroft, Ben Lister, Jimmy Neesham, Tim Robinson, Ben Sears, Tim Seifert, Ish Sodhi
New Zealand, missing nine players due to the Indian Premier League, handed a T20I debut to batter Tim Robinson.
Pakistan have handed T20I debuts to batter Usman Khan, spinner Abrar Ahmed and allrounder Muhammad Irfan Khan to gauge their bench strength ahead of June's World Cup in the United States and the West Indies.
Pakistan XI
Babar Azam (captain), Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Amir, Muhammad Irfan Khan, Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Shah Afridi
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir returned to international cricket from an absence of almost four years after New Zealand won the toss in their rain-delayed first Twenty20I.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first Pakistan vs New Zealand T20I in Rawalpindi.
Update - 8.30 pm IST (3 pm GMT) - Well, just as the first ball was being bowled, it has started to drizzle and the covers are on. It has gotten heavier now as well as we write. The players run back to the dug out but it seems a passing shower.
Time for action to unfold. It's time for national anthems first. The players have lined up and it will be the visitors' national anthem first followed by the hosts. All set now. Tim Robinson and Tim Seifert to open for the Kiwis. Shaheen Afridi to bowl first. Let's go...
New Zealand (Playing XI) - Tim Seifert, Tim Robinson, Dean Foxcroft, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell (C), Josh Clarkson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears, Benjamin Lister.
Pakistan (Playing XI) - Babar Azam (C), Saim Ayub, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Usman Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Amir, Abrar Ahmed.
Babar Azam says he is happy with the squad available for this series and it's a good opportunity to utilise and try some players. Shares they wanted to bowl first due to overcast conditions. Reckons the first six overs are going to be crucial.
Michael Bracewell says it is a wonderful wicket and will put runs on the board. Adds Tim Robinson makes his debut and he is loking forward to the series after picking up an injury.
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