PAK vs NZ 4th T20I Full Match Highlights New Zealand beats Pakistan by 4 runs in Lahore

PAK vs NZ 4th T20I Full Match Highlights: These days there is a lot of buzz around IPL 2024. But meanwhile, Pakistan team is playing a five-match T20 series against New Zealand on home soil. Fans are also naming this series as Unsold XI vs Baned XI. However, New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the fourth match of the series. Earlier, New Zealand had also won the third match. New Zealand has taken a 2-1 lead after achieving its second consecutive win.

In the match played in Lahore on Thursday (April 25), New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 4 runs. Batting first in the match, New Zealand scored 178/8 runs on the board in 20 overs. Tim Robinson, who came to open for the team, played the biggest inning of 51 runs in 36 balls, which included 4 fours and 2 sixes. During this period, Abbas Afridi took maximum 3 wickets for Pakistan.

This is how Pakistan lost while chasing the target

Pakistan had a very bad start while chasing the target of 179 runs. The team lost the first wicket in the second over in the form of captain Babar Azam (05). After this, the team got the second blow in the form of Sam Ayyub, who was out in the 5th over after scoring 20 runs (15 balls) with the help of 2 fours and 1 six. Then the team lost the third wicket in the form of Usman Khan, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 16 (11) runs with the help of 3 fours in the sixth over.

After this, Shadab Khan and Fakhar Zaman took over the innings for some time and both made a partnership of 33 (25 balls) for the fourth wicket. This partnership was broken in the 10th over by the wicket of Shadab, who was out after scoring only 7 runs. After this, Iftikhar Ahmed and Fakhar Zaman together made a partnership of 59 runs (41 balls) for the fifth wicket and again gave hope to the team for victory. But this flourishing partnership ended in the 17th over with the wicket of Iftikhar, who was out after scoring 23 runs (20 balls) with the help of 1 four and 1 six.

Then Fakhar Zaman was also out in the 18th over. Fakhar played an inning of 61 runs in 45 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. After this, Abbas Afridi (01) was out on the first ball of the 19th over and Pakistan lost the eighth wicket in the form of Usama Mir (05) on the second ball of the 20th over. In this way, Pakistan could score only 174 runs in 20 overs and the home team lost the match by 4 runs.

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