PAK vs NZ Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

2nd T20I • Dunedin

PAK

135/9 (15)

137/5 (13.1)

NZ won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

18 Mar, 06:45 AM IST

Venue

University Oval, Dunedin

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Brown(New Zealand), Wayne Knights(New Zealand), Sam Nogajski(Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

Pitch Report

: It was great fun, after the first over, thought it would be a good wicket but the partnership up top worked out for us. Not too much conversation, we've played a lot of cricket together. Loving it, always playing good for the nation, we're having fun at the same time. You're playing against the world's best players, it's all about applying pressure and then come through, definitely learn and get better. Dropped two catches in the first game, was nervous, but it's something you work on.

1st Innings

139Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

123.35Avg SR

2nd Innings

96Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

122.5Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

PAK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

PAK

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tim Seifert

NZ . WK

44 Runs

1 Match

Khushdil Shah

PAK . ALL

32 Runs

1 Match

Finn Allen

NZ . BAT

29 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

Jacob Duffy

NZ . BOWL

4 Wkts

1 Match

Ish Sodhi

NZ . BOWL

2 Wkts

1 Match

Zakary Foulkes

NZ . BOWL

1 Wkt

1 Match

Playing XILineups Out

Venue Details

University Oval, Dunedin

1st Innings

139Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

123.35Avg SR

2nd Innings

96Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

122.5Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

64%Bat First Bowl First36%

Team Batting First

43%Wins Losses57%

Recent Matches on venue

3rd T20I • Jan 17 • Pakistan tour of New Zealand

NZ 224/7 (20)

PAK 179/7 (20)

NZ won by 45 runs

vs live score

2nd T20I • Apr 5 • Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand

NZ 146/1 (14.4)

SL 141/10 (19)

NZ won by 9 wickets

vs live score

2nd T20I • Feb 25 • Australia tour of New Zealand 2021

NZ 219/7 (20)

AUS 215/8 (20)

NZ won by 4 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

PAK

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

7- 3

PAK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

123

Average Score

125

211/7

Highest Score

206/5

41/1

Lowest Score

61/0

Player of the Match Tim Seifert

45(22)

PAK

Info

Pakistan

135/9 (15)

Batters

Mohammad Haris

110.00

c JA Duffy b B Sears

Hasan Nawaz

0.00

c M Chapman b JA Duffy

Agha Salman

(C)

164.29

c M Chapman b B Sears

Irfan Khan

122.22

c B Sears b I Sodhi

Khushdil Shah

100.00

c Mitchell Hay b I Sodhi

Shadab Khan

185.71

c D Mitchell b JA Duffy

Abdul Samad

157.14

c D Mitchell b J Neesham

Jahandad Khan

0.00

c Z Foulkes b J Neesham

Shaheen Afridi

157.14

Not out

Haris Rauf

100.00

runout (J Neesham / MG Bracewell)

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(15 Ov, RR: 9)

135/9

Did not Bat

Mohammad Ali

Bowlers

EXT

6.67

10.67

7.67

8.67

8.50

14.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hasan Nawaz

c M Chapman b JA Duffy

1-1

0.4

Mohammad Haris

c JA Duffy b B Sears

2-19

3.1

Irfan Khan

c B Sears b I Sodhi

3-50

6.4

Khushdil Shah

c Mitchell Hay b I Sodhi

4-52

6.6

Agha Salman

c M Chapman b B Sears

5-76

9.2

Shadab Khan

c D Mitchell b JA Duffy

6-110

11.5

Jahandad Khan

c Z Foulkes b J Neesham

7-111

12.2

Abdul Samad

c D Mitchell b J Neesham

8-114

12.6

Haris Rauf

runout (J Neesham / MG Bracewell)

9-135

14.6

New Zealand

137/5 (13.1)

Batters

Tim Seifert

204.55

c S Afridi b M Ali

Finn Allen

237.50

lbw b J Khan

Mark Chapman

16.67

c J Khan b Khushdil Shah

Daryl Mitchell

100.00

c S Khan b H Rauf

Jimmy Neesham

125.00

c A Samad b H Rauf

Mitchell Hay

131.25

Not out

Michael Bracewell *

(C)

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(13.1 Ov, RR: 10.41)

137/5

Did not Bat

Zakary Foulkes, Jacob Duffy, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

Bowlers

EXT

10.33

17.00

5.33

6.67

1.1

19.71

Shadab Khan

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tim Seifert

c S Afridi b M Ali

1-66

4.4

Finn Allen

lbw b J Khan

2-87

6.5

Mark Chapman

c J Khan b Khushdil Shah

3-91

7.4

Jimmy Neesham

c A Samad b H Rauf

4-97

8.3

Daryl Mitchell

c S Khan b H Rauf

5-132

12.5

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Mar, 06:45 AM IST

Venue

University Oval, Dunedin

TV/Streaming

FanCode

Match

2nd T20I,

Pakistan vs New Zealand 2025

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Chris Brown(New Zealand), Wayne Knights(New Zealand), Sam Nogajski(Australia, TV)

Referee

Jeff Crowe(New Zealand)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

0 0 1 1 1 2

Over 11

Runs: 5

1 1wd 4 1 1 1 1

Over 12

Runs: 10

6 1 1lb 1 W 1

Over 13

Runs: 10

Over 14

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Tim Seifert

45(22)

Commentary

That's all from this contest as I, Lavil Saldanha, alongside my colleague, Pradeep, take your leave. We hope you enjoyed our coverage. Do check Sportskeeda for the latest in the world of sports as we look to catch up with you soon. SEE YA!

Michael Bracewell (captain, New Zealand): It was a good bowling performance from us, and very happy with the score we had to chase. The wickets were under the cover and there was some extra bounce so they opted to go with the shorter deliveries. Happy at the half time, very tough bowling today and we were planning to hit with the win but they decided to go all out from both ends. We're pretty happy with the way things are going, guys are bowling well. Wellington's not bad either, but it is pretty good to see fans brave the weather to watch the action.

Salman Ali Agha [Pakistan captain]: It was freezing, it was a good game, better game and lot of positives. We batted bit better in this game, we need to finish well and the fielding was outstanding, bowling, we need to be bit more consistent. The bounce is something we need to adjust to, we can do well if we do that. After powerplay we bowled well, spinners bowled well and Rauf came in bowled well, bowel well in patches and need to do well in powerplay. As a batting unit we need to do well in powerplay, something that we need to get it right.

Tim Seifert is the Player of the Match! Here's what he has to say: It was great fun, after the first over, thought it would be a good wicket but the partnership up top worked out for us. Not too much conversation, we've played a lot of cricket together. Loving it, always playing good for the nation, we're having fun at the same time. You're playing against the world's best players, it's all about applying pressure and then come through, definitely learn and get better. Dropped two catches in the first game, was nervous, but it's something you work on.

18:25 local time (10:55 IST): New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets and take a 2-0 lead in the 5-match T20I series

New Zealand: 137/5 in 13.1 overs

Tim Seifert: 45(22) | Haris Rauf: 2/20 (3 overs)
Finn Allen: 38(16b) | Khushdil: 1/16 (3 overs)

What a chase this has been by New Zealand, the openers took full toll on the shorter boundaries and smashed boundaries for fun. Pakistan did make a little comeback in the middle overs, but much like the first game, the chase was done with the Kiwi openers giving their side a quick and solid start.

Usual openers, Tim Seifert and Finn Allen opened the innings for New Zealand and the duo hit 44 runs in the first three overs, with 42 of them coming in sixes. New Zealand continued to keep up with a similar tempo but lost Tim Seifert in the process. So did Finn Allen, who took down Jahandad Khan before being dismissed.

James Neesham and Mark Chapman were dismissed cheaply by Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Hay batted well in the middle to ensure there were no more troubles gunning the total down. In the end, skipper Michael Bracewell struck a boundary and helped his side get over the line, helping them add another win to their kitty and strengthen their lead in the series.

For Pakistan, Haris Rauf and Khushdil Shah bowled really well and planted seeds of doubt in the batter's minds, which ultimately resulted in wickets for them. However, Mohammad Ali, Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, and Shaheen Afridi were expensive, with Ali being hit for 18 runs in the second over of the chase and Shaheen being smashed for 26 runs in an over.

Let us now go down to the Presentation ceremony to hear what the captains and the Player of the Match have to say.

13.1 Jahandad Khan to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! GAME, SET AND MATCH! New Zealand go 2-0 up in the series with that! Bracewell hits the winning runs as New Zealand chase this down pretty comfortably in the end. Short into the batter, Bracewell pulled it past mid-wicket, races away to the ropes to seal the deal.

Jahandad Khan [1-0-19-1] comes into the attack

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New Zealand need 3 runs to win. Pretty much a done contest this, it will be interesting to see who hits the winning runs

overs

133 /5 score

1lb

runs