Pakistan vs New Zealand, 2nd T20I Preview & Expected Playing XI

Pakistan vs New Zealand (Image Source: AFP)

New Zealand will face-off Pakistan in the 2nd Twenty20 International of the five-match series at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday (April 15).The Kiwis lost the first T20I by a huge margin of 88 runs. 

In the first T20I, Pakistan team was bowled out for 182. In reply, the visitors were bundled out for just 94. Haris Rauf won the player of the match award for his career best bowling figures of 4/17.

PAK vs NZ, 2nd T20I Match Details (New Zealand tour of Pakistan 2023)

- Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

- Date & Time: April 15, 09:30 PM IST

The hosts will be high on confidence after winning the first match comfortably and will be aiming to extend the lead in the five-match series by winning the second match today. On the other hand, New Zealand have to show an all-round performance to give competition to Pakistan. The batters need to fire-up against top class bowling of Pakistan.

The losing captain, Tom Latham said his team did not adapted to the different conditions."We did not quite adapt to the conditions early enough," said Latham whose team are missing top eight players due to Indian Premier League. "On that surface, the score was slightly above-par. We did not build partnerships with the bat."

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Head-to-Head In T20I 

Matches: 30 Pakistan: 19 New Zealand: 11

PAK vs NZ: Expected Playing XIs

Both the teams are expected to play the same XI in today's match

Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Shadab Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan

New Zealand: Tom Latham (c & wk), Chad Bowes, Will Young, Daryl Mitchell, Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Rachin Ravindra, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Ish Sodhi, Ben Lister

Pakistan vs New Zealand Live Streaming, Live Broadcast in India

The first Pakistan vs. New Zealand T20I will start at 9:30 p.m. IST. Pakistan vs. New Zealand will be live streamed on the SonyLiv app and JioTV, while the live telecast will be on Sony Sports Ten 5 and Sony Sports Ten 5 HD.

PAK v NZ, Pitch Report

A competitive high-scoring game can be expected, and team winning the toss would like to bat first.

Pakistan ve New Zealand T20I Series Schedule

14th April - Pakistan won by 88 runs at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

15th April - 2nd T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

17th April - 3rd T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

20th April - 4th T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

24th April - 5th T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Pakistan and New Zealand will also meet in five one-day internationals after the T20 series, honing preparations for this year's 50-over World Cup in India.