Pakistan team led by Babar Azam defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets to reach the final. Pakistan has reached the final of T20 World Cup after 13 years.
Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Final:
The pair of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan managed to beat New Zealand by 7 wickets. With this, the Pakistan team made it to the final. Pakistan team has reached this stage after 13 years. In 2009, the Pakistan team played the final and managed to get the title. The second semi-final is to be played between India and England on November 10, if the Blue Army led by Rohit Sharma wins this match, then on November 13, there will be a high voltage match for the title war between India and Pakistan.
The New Zealand team, who came to bat first, scored 152 runs thanks to the half-century of Daryl Mitchell. Chasing the target, the pair of Pakistan team captain Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, playing a great partnership, achieved the target with 5 balls to spare. There was a century partnership for the first wicket between Babar and Rizwan.
Mohammad Rizwan played an aggressive innings. Both the players had not been able to perform well in the matches of the T20 World Cup so far. With the bat of Mohammad Rizwan, the pressure was removed from Babar Azam by making a smoky start. Both the players playing slow innings in this tournament showed their flair in the semi-final match. Babar-Rizwan stood up to the expectations of both the teams.
Both the batsmen shared 105 runs for the first wicket. Trent Boult gave the first blow to the Pakistan team by sending Babar Azam to the pavilion on a personal score of 53. After this, Bolt also showed Rizwan the way to the pavilion on the score of 57 runs. At that time the score of Pakistan team was 132 runs. Reaching the target, the team got the third blow in the form of Mohammad Haris, who was dismissed after scoring 30 runs in 26 balls.
New Zealand team led by Kane Williamson won the toss in the semi-final match and decided to bat first. The Kiwi team scored 152 runs on the basis of Darrell Mitchell’s half-century. Mitchell shared 68 with Williamson and 35 not out with Neesham. Mitchell played an unbeaten innings of 53 runs in 35 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Shahid Afridi took the maximum two wickets in the bowling for Pakistan.
