NZ vs Pak 1st T20: Shadab Khan won the toss and opted to hit first at Eden Park.
New Zealand vs Pakistan (NZ vs PAK) T20 first live cricket score updates: Pakistan and New Zealand meet in the first International T20 of three games played at Eden Park in Auckland today. Both teams are lacking their usual patterns as the hosts play Mitchell Santner and the guests will be led by Shadab Khan. Kane Williamson is on paternity leave and Babar Azam has been excluded from the series after breaking his finger.
This will be an interesting competition as the Kiwis are coming off a series of 2-0 victories over the West Indies in the shortest format of the game, but they await a tougher test against Pakistan, who have beaten them in their last five meetings. Meanwhile, Pakistan returns to T20 action having played eight games in this format in 2020 and won six of them with a loss and one without a result and come from series wins over Bangladesh and Zimbabwe while drawing 1-1 with England. in summer. .
Playing XI:
New Zealand : Martin Guptill, Tim Seifert (w), Devon Conway, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner (c), James Neesham, Mark Chapman, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Blair Tickner
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (w), Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan (c), Khushdil Shah, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
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