T20 World Cup: Pakistan reached the final, New Zealand could not change history

The first semi-final match of the T20 World Cup 2022 was played between New Zealand and Pakistan. Pakistan won this match by 7 wickets and managed to reach the final. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat. Batting first, New Zealand’s team managed to score 152 runs for the loss of four wickets. In response, Pakistan won the match by scoring 153 runs for the loss of 3 wickets.

New Zealand and Pakistan faced each other for the fourth time in the semi-finals of the World Cup, but the result did not change. New Zealand has lost to Pakistan in the semi-finals for the fourth time. Both batsmen and bowlers played an important role in Pakistan’s victory. Both Pakistan’s openers, captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, played half-centuries to take the team to the final. Shaheen Shah Afridi has once again contributed to Pakistan taking the final of the T20 World Cup 2022 by bowling excellently.

Mohammad Rizwan played a brilliant half-century of 57 runs off 43 balls. During this, five fours came off his bat. Babar Azam also played a captaincy innings of 53 runs in 42 balls. During this, seven fours came off his bat. Mohammad Haris, who came to bat at number three, scored 30 runs off 26 balls. During this, two fours and a six came off his bat. Shan Masood scored an unbeaten 3 runs to give victory to Pakistan.

Talking about Pakistan’s bowling, captain Babar Azam started the bowling with Shaheen Shah Afridi. Shaheen Shah Afridi bowled four overs and took two wickets after spending 24 runs. Mohammad Nawaz bowled two overs and took one wicket after spending 12 runs. Apart from these two players, none of the bowlers got wickets.