Pakistan defeat New Zealand in second T20I

Monitoring Desk

AUCKLAND: The Green Shirts finally win a match in the New Zealand series by beating the host by the margin of 48 runs in the second T20I on Thursday.

Pakistan set a target of 202 runs for New Zealand in the second T20 at Auckland’s Eden Park after openers Fakhar Zaman and Ahmed Shehzad gives Pakistan a flying start and later the middle order batsmen took advantage from it. Fakhar made 50 runs off 28 balls and Shehzad scored 44 off 34. Skipper Sarfraz Ahmad made 41 off 24 before getting caught.

In reply the Kiwis were all out on 153 runs in the 19th over. Fakhar Zaman was announced player of the match for his performance.