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Pakistan’s 22 -year -old batsman Hasan Nawaz played a century innings against New Zealand. Hasan Nawaz scored a century in 44 balls. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris also scored 41 runs in 20 balls. Captain Salman Aga …Read more
Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 9 wickets, Hasan Nawaz’s stormy century
Highlights
- Hasan Nawaz scored a century in 44 balls.
- Pakistan won the third match and returned to the series.
- Pakistan made a record in Asia by chasing the target of 200+ runs.
New Delhi. The Pakistan team reached New Zealand with the changed captain and changed Tevar, when the Kiwi team washed away in both the matches, it felt that this youth team would be able to stand in front of the host team. But in the match in the third, the 22 -year -old batsman of Pakistan showed that, seeing that the big names were stunned.
Pakistan’s 22 -year -old batsman Hasan Nawaz played a century innings against New Zealand. Hasan Nawaz scored a century in 44 balls. Wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris also scored 41 runs in 20 balls. Captain Salman Aga also played a tremendous inning of 51 runs in 34 balls. On the basis of these innings, Pakistan won the third match of the series and returned to the series.
Hasan’s record breaking innings
What happened on the grounds of Eden Park in Auckland was no less than a wonder. Before this match, Hasan Nawaz was dismissed for zero twice in a row and no one thought that Hassan would play the band of Kiwi team in Auckland. Chasing the target of 204 runs, Hasan first completed his half -century on 26 balls to start the innings and then completed his century off 44 balls and became the first player to score a century in T20 International cricket for Pakistan in New Zealand. In this match, Hasan scored an unbeaten 105 from 45 balls with the help of 7 sixes and 10 fours and it was also the biggest innings of his T20 International Cricket Career.
Return in Pakistan’s series
After losing the first two matches, Pakistan was behind 0-2 in the series and it was necessary for Pakistan to win this match to stay in the series. Due to Chapman’s innings of 94 runs, the Kiwi team managed to score 204 runs. Apart from Hasan Nawaz, Captain Salman Aga also batted for the Pak team to chase the target and he also scored an unbeaten 51 runs off 31 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 6 fours. Hasan Nawaz in this match for the first wicket. Combined a 74 -run partnership with Haris and then shared an unbeaten 133 -run partnership with captain Salman for the second wicket and won the team. However, after this victory, Pakistan’s team is still 1-2 behind in the 5-match T20 series.
Asia’s first team becomes Pakistan
Pakistan’s team on New Zealand soil is the first team in Asia to chase more than 200 runs in T20. Pakistan chased this score with a run rate of 12.93, which the Indian team has not been able to do. By the way, South Africa chased 200 plus against the West Indies in 2023 with a runrate of 13.75. Overall, the selection of Pakistan’s Selectionum Committee on young players came to work late, but it was impaired. 22 -year -old Hasan Nawaz became an example for young Pakistan players who passed after being poured into two consecutive innings with the top number.
