Muhammad Nawaz is a true winner: Pakistan beat New Zealand by five wickets to win the tri-series has received
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan are said to be Pakistan’s most reliable batsmen, but now the third name should be remembered and that is Mohammad Nawaz, who has truly become a conqueror.
In the final of the tri-series on Friday, when the wickets of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan fell early, Mohammad Nawaz once again took the team to the finish line instead of leaving it in the middle.
It is Mohammad Nawaz’s brilliant batting that gave Pakistan a five-wicket win against New Zealand. At that time, only three balls remained.
At Hagley Oval in Christchurch, Babar Azam won the toss and preferred to field first. The Pakistani team came into the field with a change of Haris Rauf in place of Mohammad Hasnain, whose 50th T20I was this. Captain Kane Williamson and Blair Tickner returned to the New Zealand team.
From the start of New Zealand’s innings, it was not difficult to guess that the host batsmen had come up with an attacking strategy. In the very first over, Finn Allen gave Naseem Shah a signal by hitting three fours, but in the same over he had to bear the loss of his wicket as well.
Captain Kane Williamson welcomed Haris Rauf with two fours, while on the other hand Dion Conway also made his presence known by hitting two fours in the same over of Mohammad Wasim.
Williamson appeared to be returning to his old form. He attacked Naseem Shah like Finn Allen and hit two fours in his second over.
New Zealand scored 51 runs in the powerplay but Haris Rauf managed to bowl Dion Conway in the sixth over.
Glenn Phillips, who is known for his aggressive batting, could not create much trouble for the bowlers this time and was caught by Shaun Masood at long-on off Nawaz’s ball for 29 runs. This third wicket of New Zealand fell for 97 runs.
Williamson completed his 15th T20I half-century and first half-century of the year off 33 balls with four fours and two sixes, but he was grateful to his counterpart Babar Azam, who was caught off Mohammad Nawaz for 45. gave
The bowler was Shadab Khan.
The New Zealand team lost the wickets of Mark Chapman and Jimmy Neesham in the 19th over, who looked in an aggressive mood.
New Zealand ended their innings on 163 for seven. The host batsmen managed to score only 33 runs in the last five overs. The last five wickets could only add 66 runs to the score.
The spin bowling of Nawaz and Shadab Khan gave 63 runs for two wickets. Haris Rauf once bowled well and took two wickets for just 22 runs in four overs.
He conceded only four runs in the last over of the innings and managed to take one wicket as well. Haris Rauf has performed his duties well in the absence of Shaheen Shah Afridi. However, Muhammad Wasim Jr. and Naseem Shah could not stop the pace of runs.
All hopes at the time rested on Muhammad Nawaz, who was once again sent in at number four and hit Tickner with two consecutive fours to send the message that he knew his role well.
On the other hand, Hyder Ali also appeared to make up for the zero of the previous match. Nawaz and Hyder Ali did not let Ash Sodhi go easily and scored 25 runs in his one over, including two sixes of Nawaz and one six and one four of Hyder Ali. was
The partnership of Haider Ali and Mohammad Nawaz was getting the Pakistan team back on track when Tim Southee, playing in his 100th T20I, managed to send Haider Ali back to the dugout thanks to a fine catch by Mark Chapman at square leg.
Haider Ali scored 31 runs off fifteen balls with the help of two sixes and three fours and added 56 runs with Mohammad Nawaz.
The absence of Asif Ali remained the same as he caught Trent Boult at long-on off Tickner’s ball for just one run, and the difficulties of the Pakistani team increased, whose fifth wicket fell on the score of 132 runs.
Muhammad Nawaz kept his nerves under complete control on this occasion and turned the match in Pakistan’s favor with Iftikhar Ahmed.
Nawaz remained unbeaten by scoring 38 runs off just 22 balls with the help of three sixes and two fours.
Iftikhar Ahmed was at the crease scoring 25 runs with the help of a six and a four. His six sealed the win.
