With Mohammad Rizwan’s impressive knock of 89 runs, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the last match of the three-match T20 International series. New Zealand had already won the series after winning both the opening matches.
However, Pakistan will be encouraged by this win ahead of the two-match Test series that begins on December 26. In the absence of Babar Azam, Rizwan, who was opening the innings in this series, scored his best score of T20 International with the help of 10 fours and 3 sixes in 59 balls. His previous high score was 33 not out.
Due to this innings, Pakistan chased 174 runs to win, with 2 balls remaining, 6 wickets 177 runs and made the match in their name. Earlier, after losing the toss, New Zealand scored 173 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. For him, Devon Conway contributed 63 from 45 balls, while wicketkeeper Tim Stiifert contributed 35 from 20 balls and Glenn Phillips contributed 31 runs from 20 balls.
