Pak vs NZ 1st T20 Live Cricket Score, Pakistan Tour of New Zealand 2020-21

PAK VS NZ 1ST T20 LIVE CRICKET SCORE, PAKISTAN VS NEW ZEALAND 2020 LIVE UPDATES

The 1st t20 match of Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2020-21 on December 18 at Eden Park, Auckland the match starts at 06:00 AM GMT.

The two teams have faced each other 21 times in Test so far, with PAK holding a 13-8 head-to-head win/loss record over NZ.

New Zealand, on the other hand, is coming on the back of hosting West Indies for three T20Is and two Tests and look set to repeat the same against Pakistan.

Having last toured New Zealand almost three years ago, Pakistan would be banking on the confidence of winning their last T20I series in New Zealand despite losing their first two in 2010 and 2016 respectively.

However, the visitors will have to do exceedingly well in captain Babar Azam’s absence, who has been ruled out of the T20I series due to a fractured thumb. Since his debut in 2016, Azam’s is the highest run-scorer in the format scoring 1,681 runs at an average and strike rate of 50.93 and 130 respectively.

Head-to-head encounters

Matches played – 21

• PAK Won: 13
• NZ Won: 8

New Zealand v Pakistan 1st T20 Live Cricket Score, PAK vs NZ, 2020
Toss: Pakistan won the toss and opt to bat

Pakistan T20I Squad: Shadab Khan (captain), Abdullah Shafique, Faheem Ashraf, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Hussain Talat, Iftikhar Ahmed, Imad Wasim, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Musa Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Qadir, and Wahab Riaz, Babar Azam

New Zealand 1st T20I Squad: Mitchell Santner (c), Todd Astle, Doug Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Martin Guptill, Scott Kuggeleijn, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Tim Seifert (wk), Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner