Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bowl first.
Babar Azam got lucky with the toss again and chose to bowl first. Pakistan went in unchanged, while New Zealand confirmed that they have lost the services of pacer Lockie Ferguson for the remainder of the tournament due to an injury.
Pakistan bowlers didn’t let New Zealand batters get away with the game as Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway top-scored with 27 runs, while Kane Williamson got run out for 25. Despite a try to push for quick runs, in the end, the Kiwis could only manage 134/8 in 20 overs.
The cricket fraternity was all praises for the Pakistan bowlers and lauded them on Twitter.
Here are the tweets: