T20 World Cup: All-round Pakistan register 2nd win of tournament, beat New Zealand by 5 wickets

T20 World Cup: Haris Rauf’s four-wicket haul helped Pakistan restrict New Zealand to 134/8 after which their batsmen saw off a dip in the middle overs to complete their second consecutive win of the tournament.

Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali took Pakistan home after a middle-order wobble. (AP Photo)

HIGHLIGHTSVeteran Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali brought Pakistan into the chase after they lost wicketsBabar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan got them off to another strong startHaris Rauf and Shaheen Afridi never allowed New Zealand to get going

Pakistan survived a steady loss of wickets on Tuesday to beat New Zealand by five wickets as veteran Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali took them over the line at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Shoaib and Asif put up an unbeaten stand of 48 off 23 balls which helped Pakistan chase down a target of 135 with eight balls in hand.

This is Pakistan’s second consecutive win of the tournament, having beaten arch-rivals India by 10 wickets in their opening game on Sunday.

Openers Mohammad Rizwan and captain Babar Azam almost played out the powerplay once again but they could not get too many runs on the board. The partnership was broken for the first time in the tournament when Babar fell to Tim Southee. It also made the New Zealand fast bowler only the third to reach 100 wickets.

New Zealand kept the pressure on Pakistan after that, not allowing them to get any significant partnerships going until Shoaib and Asif wrestled back control of the game. Asif was subjected to two concussion tests after being hit on the head by a delivery from Southee. However, he hit a six off the first ball he faced after the second concussion test which brought the equation down to two runs needed off nine balls, which the batsmen ran off the next ball.

Pacer Haris Rauf led a clinical bowling show with four wickets for 22 runs as Pakistan restricted New Zealand to a small total of 134 for eight in their ICC T20 World Cup Super 12 match here on Tuesday. The Kiwis were in all sorts of trouble after they were invited to bat in the face a disciplined Pakistani bowling attack with opener Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway top-scoring with 27 each and captain Kane Williamson contributing 25. New Zealand could not have one substantial partnership with their highest being the 36-run opening stand between Mitchell and Martin Guptill (17).

Shaheen Afridi, Imad Wasim and Mohammad Hafeez also took one wicket each for Pakistan. Afridi, who rattled the Indian top-order in Pakistan’s 10-wicket win on Sunday, got the swing in the opening over which was a maiden one.

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