On Friday, Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman scored a blazing ton within the sequence decider towards New Zealand.
Pakistan, who had received the inaugural sport of the three-match ODI rubber, didn’t seal the sequence, as they misplaced the second sport to New Zealand on Wednesday. The Black Caps making a comeback within the second rubber, defeated the Males in Inexperienced by 79 runs to degree the sequence 1-1.
Within the third and ultimate ODI in Karachi, Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam after profitable the toss selected to bat first. However the hosts didn’t kick-start the innings properly and misplaced 2 of their wickets with simply 21 runs on board.
The Pakistan followers seeing their group battle, turned a bit acutely aware till Zaman 101 (122) scored his eighth century within the 50-over format and charged up the stadium.
Zaman’s ton powered Pakistan to a complete of 280 for the lack of 9 wickets. As quickly because the 32-year-old reached the three figures, all fellow teammates within the dugout stood up on their ft to applaud the previous. Imam-ul-Haq was seen celebrating with a whistle to cheer up the southpaw opener.
Right here’s the video:
Applause from the dressing room for Fakhar’s century second 🥳#PAKvNZ | #TayyariKiwiHai pic.twitter.com/pIppA3VHzs
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) January 13, 2023
The centurion later bought run out by substitute fielder Henry Nicholls.
Zaman, the one Pakistan batter to smash a double ton within the ODI format, was picked up within the group after some time by the interim choice committee led by Shahid Afridi. Aside from Zaman, Babar scored a good 77 off 74 balls, whereas Agha Salman made 45 (43).
Amongst New Zealand bowlers, Tim Southee and Lockie Ferguson picked up 3 and a couple of wickets, respectively. Michael Bracewell and Ish Sodhi additionally scalped one wicket every.
