Pakistan lost to New Zealand in the fourth T20 Match
Pakistan lost to New Zealand in the fourth T20 Match
New Zealand has taken a 1-2 lead in the series after defeating Pakistan by four runs in a thrilling encounter in the fourth T20 match, thanks to Tim Robinson’s half-century and excellent performance by the bowlers. In the fourth T20 series match played in Lahore, Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand started the innings positively and batted aggressively, scoring 56 runs in the first five overs. On this occasion, Zaman Khan won the team’s first by dismissing Tam Blundell, who scored 28 runs off 15 balls.
On the other hand, Tim Robinson played the best game and completed his half-century with 35 balls while playing aggressively. New Zealand scored 93 runs in 10 overs, and in the 11th over, Abbas Afridi dismissed Robinson for 51 runs. New Zealand’s third wicket fell for 128 runs when Shadab Khan took an excellent catch from Mark Chapman off Iftikhar Ahmed. Osama Mir took Foxcroft’s fourth wicket, scoring 34 runs. After this, Michael Bracewell and James Neesham scored 169, but Abbas Afridi dismissed Kiwi skipper Bracewell for 27 runs and also walked Josh Clarkson on his next ball. On the last ball of the innings, Amir ended Ash Sodhi’s innings, and thus, New Zealand scored 178 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, Pakistan suffered a significant loss at the start of the innings when captain Babar Azam returned to the pavilion after scoring just five runs in the second over. Saeem Ayub could not play a big innings again and returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs for a total score of 40. Usman, the Pakistani batsman who came after him, could only score 16 runs. Shadab Khan came in to support Fakhar Zaman after Pakistan lost three wickets at a total score of 46, and the two together took the score to 79, but Shadab became the wicket of Bracewell after scoring eight runs.
From the second end, Fakhar continued his excellent game and made a partnership of 59 runs with Iftikhar to take the score to 138. At this point, the match seemed to be in Pakistan’s grip, but after Iftikhar scored 23 runs, Fakhar, who played an inning of 61 runs, was dismissed one after another, and the dice of the match turned in favour of New Zealand. In the final overs, Imad Wasim scored 22 runs off 11 balls to bring the team closer to victory, but he could not succeed. The Pakistan team scored 174 runs after losing eight wickets in the allotted overs, and New Zealand won the match by four runs. To ease the pain of the Pakistan team losing the game, cricket fans openly targeted the Pakistan team, especially the captaincy of Babar Azam, in their harsh and critical comments on social media.
While many social media users questioned Babar Azam’s captaincy, some expressed disappointment over the Pakistan team’s performance by sharing a picture of a child participating in the match being upset after the game’s decision. Some users also appreciated Shadab for his brilliant catch on Mark Chapman. After the Pakistan team’s defeat by the slightly weaker and inexperienced New Zealand team, a user, Hamza Shaikh, shared a picture of a disappointed Shaiq child and commented, ‘You know the saddest thing about these pictures is that the streak is not over yet and you have to play the next T20 World Cup with this defensively minded captain and I Pretty sure he will hurt you a lot. Shame on Babur Azam.
About The Author
