PAK vs NZ / Pakistani team broke Australia's big record - it was amazing as soon as they won the match against New Zealand

PAK vs NZ: Pakistani team defeated New Zealand by 42 runs in the fifth T20 match in spectacular fashion. In this match, the bowlers of Pakistani team performed strongly. This is the first win for the Pakistani team after four consecutive defeats in the five-match T20 series. This is the first victory of the Pakistani team under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi. Batting first, Pakistan gave a target of 135 runs to the New Zealand team to win, in response to which the New Zealand team was all out for just 92 runs. By winning the match, Pakistani team broke a big record of Australia.

Pakistan achieved victory

Against New Zealand, Pakistani team captain Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan scored 134 runs due to short but important innings of Mohammad Rizwan (38 runs) and Fakhar Zaman (33 runs). When Pakistan made this score, everyone felt that the New Zealand team would easily chase this target. But Pakistan saved the target of 134 runs on the strength of the bowlers and achieved its first win after four consecutive defeats.

Broke Australia's record

With the victory, the Pakistani team has become the team to defend the lowest score in T20 International on New Zealand soil. Earlier this record was in the name of Australia. Australia had defended the score of 156 runs on New Zealand soil in the year 2021. But now the Pakistani team has taken this record of Australia in its name.

Bowlers showed their strength

The spinners presented an example of strong bowling for Pakistan. Iftikhar Ahmed took 3 wickets for 24 runs in 4 overs for the Pakistani team. Apart from this, Usama Mir gave only 21 runs in four overs and also took one wicket. He was also quite economical. Iftikhar Ahmed was also given the 'Player of the Match' award for his excellent performance.