What went wrong for Pakistan vs New Zealand?
What went wrong for Pakistan vs New Zealand: Pakistan have suffered another loss against New Zealand and are behind in the 5-match series with a 2-1 margin.
The men in green, who started the series on a winning note lost the next 2 games, and with only 1 game left to play, a defeat will hand them a 3-1 loss, while a win would only result in a tie.
Pakistan selected the full-strength squad to play against the second-string New Zealand still they are struggling to find a way to beat team.
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We look at the possible ways as What went wrong for Pakistan vs New Zealand.
1. Top-order failure
Pakistan’s opening batters Babar Azam and Saim Ayub have failed miserably in the first 4 games in the series, as both the openers scored 56 each.
Their approach to play aggressive cricket against the less experienced not favoured them and cost the team 2 games.
2. Rotation Policy
With T20 World Cup is about to start in June this year, and Pakistan are trying to balance their side before the marquee event. However, their move to rotate the players also backfired.
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3. Middle-order hurdle
Despite the absence of experienced bowlers in opponent’s line-up, the Pakistani batters did not take the benefit and were unable to accelerate to set a platform for a big score.
Apart from Shadab Khan, the senior players like Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Afridi have yet to deliver for the side which is biggest concern for the team now.
Pakistan will need to work on their plans in order to balance their side and to ready the team for the big tournament.
They will play 8 T20I games before the T20 World Cup.
The fifth and final match of Pakistan vs New Zealand series will take place on April 27 at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
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Their next series is against Ireland where the men in green play 3 games, and then travel to England for 4-match encounters before finally reaching the United States of America for the World Cup.
Pakistan is part of Group A in the 20-team tournament divided in 4 groups. The other teams in Group A are India, Canada, Ireland and USA.
The men in green will start their world Cup campaign against United States of America on June 6 at Dallas.
