Kiwis show up performance in third T20I match against Pakistan

Lahore:  New Zealand showed up excellent performance in the third match of the T20I series against Pakistan on Monday night. 

The visitors set a good target of 164 runs for Pakistan against the loss of five wickets.

Later, they gave tough time to the Pakistani batters as well. 

Earlier, they won  the toss and elected to bat first in the third T20I against Pakistan in Lahore.

The kiwis must win to remain alive in the five-match series, with Pakistan having taken a 2-0 lead. Having lost the first two matches while chasing, Tom Latham opted to set a target this time.

He made two changes to the side that lost the second game, reverting to the team to the one that had played the first, as Adam Milne returned in place of Henry Shipley. Also, Ish Sodhi took the place of Cole McConchie.

Pakistan made just the one change as they look to seal the series, with Naseem Shah replacing the rested Zaman Khan. This will be the last game of the series at the Gaddafi Stadium, before the series moves to Rawalpindi for the last two matches.

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New Zealand win the toss and elect to bat first 🏏#PAKvNZ | #CricketMubarak pic.twitter.com/kzLnc9FFZ9

— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) April 17, 2023

Squads:

Pakistan's Playing XI: Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah

New Zealand's Playing XI: Tom Latham (c & wk), Chad Bowes, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham. Rachin Ravindra, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Ben Lister