Pakistan vs New Zealand 3rd ODI


Pakistan vs New Zealand 3rd ODI


Decisive ODI: Fakhar's century, Pakistan set New Zealand a target of 281 runs to win


Pakistan set New Zealand a target of 281 runs to win in the third and deciding ODI.


Pakistan scored 280 runs for 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs, Fakhar Zaman scored 101 runs and Mohammad Rizwan scored 77 runs.


 In the match being played in Karachi, the captain of the national team, Babar Azam, won the toss and decided to bat first. Two changes have been made in the Pakistan team, Shaan Masood has replaced Imamul Haq and Mohammad Hasnain has replaced Naseem Shah in the playing XI.


On the other hand, no changes have been made to the New Zealand team, and the team that won the second ODI has been retained.


Pakistan's innings


On behalf of the national team, Fakhar Zaman and Shan Masood opened the innings, but Shan Masood was caught behind the wickets without scoring any runs on the second ball, while Pakistan captain Babar Azam scored only 4 runs off 13 balls for a total score of 21. Made and got stumped off Bracewell's ball.


After the early fall of two wickets, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan showed responsible batting to advance their team's score and at the same time Fakhar Zaman scored his 8th century in ODIs, Mohammad Rizwan also scored the second and second of the series. Completed the eighth half-century of his career.


Fakhar Zaman scored 101 and Rizwan scored 77 runs, Allah Haris Sohail scored 22 runs, Agha Salman scored 45 runs, Pakistan scored 280 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs.


Tim Southee took 3 wickets and Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets for the Kiwis.


On this occasion, the captain of the national team Babar Azam said that he is satisfied with the performance of the bowlers, the pitch is looking good for batting, and he will try to score maximum runs in the batting.


It should be remembered that the series of three one-day matches are tied one to one. In the first ODI, Pakistan won by 6 wickets, while in the second one-day match, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 79 runs to tie the series one to one.


At the moment New Zealand is playing at 114 Runs with 2 wickets out in 22.1 Overs.




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