The highly anticipated ICC Champions Trophy started with the match between Pakistan versus New Zealand. Pakistan is hosting the tournament but the host lost the game by a massive 60 runs. So let’s get into the article to look back to the game.
Everything about the match between New Zealand versus Pakistan
Pakistan won the toss in the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy tournament and they elected to field first. It was the biggest mistake made by the captain of Pakistan as the batting unit of New Zealand dominated Pakistan’s bowling department.
Will Young played really well and he smashed 107 runs in his account while his partner Devon Conway contributed only 10 to the total. Kane Williamson disappointed the fans as he went back to the pavilion after scoring just 1 while Daryl Mitchell added 10 to the total.
Tom Latham also presented an incredible performance in the middle by smashing and remained not out after scoring 118 and Glenn Phillips contributed 61 from 39. New Zealand finished the innings at 320 with the loss of 5 wickets.
In the reply, Pakistan had a bad start as they lost Saud Shakeel for just 6 while Babar Azam contributed 64 to the total. The captain of the side Mohammad Rizwan went back to the pavilion for just 3, Fakhar Zaman added 24 and Salman Agha smashed 42.
Tayyab Tahir was dismissed for 1 and Khushdil Shah smashed 69, Shaheen Shah Afridi added 14. Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf contributed 14 and 19 respectively. Pakistan lost to New Zealand by 60 runs in the match.
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