New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan on another cold day in Christchurch. Pakistan fielded an unchanged XI that beat Bangladesh by 21 runs on Friday.
NZ scored 147/8 runs in their allotted 20 overs. Pakistan needs to score 148 to win the 2nd T20 match.
New Zealand does not have Mitchell Santner available, the allrounder on family leave after the birth of his child earlier this week. Blair Tickner, called up for the cover, takes his place on the side.
Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson sat out with an abdominal injury. At the top, New Zealand picked Finn Allen ahead of Martin Guptill.
Terrific bowling at the death 💪
148 is the target for Pakistan 🎯#NZvPAK | #NZTriSeries pic.twitter.com/c2hWY4AlG8
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 8, 2022
Pak vs NZ live telecast and streaming details
The matches will be live-streamed on the Amazon Prime Video platform in India
Live streaming details for the audience in New Zealand, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are as follows:
- New Zealand: Spark Sport
- Pakistan: PTV Sports
- Bangladesh: GTV
Sqads
New Zealand: 1 Devon Conway (wk), 2 Finn Allen, 3 Kane Williamson (capt), 4 Glenn Phillips, 5 Michael Bracewell, 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Jimmy Neesham, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Trent Boult, 10 Blair Tickner, 11 Ish Sodhi
Pakistan: 1 Babar Azam (capt), 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Shan Masood, 4 Iftikhar Ahmed, 5 Shadab Khan, 6 Haider Ali, 7 Asif Ali, 8 Mohammad Nawaz, 9 Mohammad Wasim, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Shahnawaz Dahani