Preview:

The first match of the five-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played on April 18 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Before this series, a five-match T20 series was played between Pakistan and New Zealand in January, which was won by the Kiwi team 4-1. Talking about the last T20 match between the two teams, Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 42 runs.

Pakistan Cricket Board has returned the captaincy of white ball cricket to Babar Azam. Babar Azam is ready to take charge of the team from the series against New Zealand. Michael Bracewell has been made the captain of New Zealand for this series.

Match Details:

Pitch Report:

The pitch of Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is known for its flat wicket, due to which a high-scoring match will be seen here. So far 5 International T20 matches have been played in this stadium, in which the team chasing runs has won the matches four times. Whichever team wins the toss here will prefer to bowl first. The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 155 runs.

Head to Head Records:

Probable Playing XIs:

Pakistan:

Babar Azam (captain), Saeem Ayub, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Mohammad Aamir, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim Jr.

New Zealand:

Tim Robinson, Tim Seifert, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Jimmy Neesham, Cole McConchie, Jacob Duffy, Ben Lister, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi

Probable Best Batter of the Match:

Babar Azam had scored 213 runs in 5 matches in the last T20 series played between Pakistan and New Zealand. Babar Azam is ranked fourth in the ICC Men’s T20 Rankings with 764 rating points. Babar Azam can perform brilliantly in the T20 series against New Zealand.

Probable Best Bowler of the Match:

Shaheen Shah Afridi took 9 wickets in 5 matches in the last T20 series played between Pakistan and New Zealand. Shaheen Afridi can bowl brilliantly in this upcoming test series.

Who will win today’s match (Today’s Match Prediction): Pakistan team will win in the first T20 match against New Zealand.

Scenario 1

Pakistan won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 50-60

Score of first innings- 180-190

Pakistan won

Scenario 2

New Zealand won the toss and chose bowling

Powerplay Score- 40-50

Score of first innings- 170-180

Pakistan won