DTVHINDIAfter beating Haris Rauf, Finn Allen revealed the ‘deal’ he made with the fast bowler.
The Kiwi batsman scored 47 runs in 14 balls against Haris Rauf. Finn Allen Harris Rauf (Photo Source: X/Twitter) New Zealand has taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series by defeating Pakistan by 45 runs in the third T-20 match. New Zealand’s opening batsman Finn Allen batted stormily and scored 137 runs in 62 balls with the help of 5 fours and 16 sixes. For this excellent batting, he was chosen Player of the Match. Now Finn Allen has revealed a ‘deal’ made with Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf before the T-20 series, under which the fast bowler will not bowl any bouncer to him and he will not attack against the fast bowler. Allen scored 47 runs in 14 balls off Rauf. But in the third T20, in the fourth over of the first innings, two of the first three balls that Haris Rauf bowled to Allen were bumpers. Allen could not connect properly, but in the sixth over, Finn Allen scored 27 runs in Rauf’s over, which included three sixes and two fours. Three of these fours were hit on short balls. Rauf came back to bowl in the 12th over and Allen again hit three sixes. Overall, the Kiwi batsman scored 47 runs in 14 balls against the right-arm fast bowler. During the innings break, Allen laughingly said, yes, there was a deal between us before the series that he (Rauf) will not bowl any bumper ball to me and I will also not hit back at him. He threw me a bumper ball, so…,. Allen further said, I am keeping things simple, working throughout the series and trying to enter the match with the same gameplan. Pakistan could score only 179 runs Talking about the match, thanks to Finn Allen’s brilliant innings, New Zealand, batting first, scored 224 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Pakistan team could score only 179 runs after losing 7 wickets in the stipulated overs. Babar Azam was the highest run-scorer, scoring 58 runs in 37 balls. read this also- When you know the role, you perform well: Arshdeep Singh
