Records galore as Mitchell-Williamson power New Zealand to dominant win against Pakistan in 1st T20I

New Zealand recorded a dominant 46-run win against Pakistan in the primary T20I match at Auckland’s Eden Park on Friday, January 12. In-form Daryl Mitchell and captain Kane Williamson scored quickfire fifties to assist the Kiwis rating 226 runs whereas batting first after which Tim Southee‘s 4 wickets bundle out Pakistan on simply 180. 

Mitchell carries his wealthy type in T20Is by smashing 61 runs off simply 27 balls and returning Williamson scored 57 off 42 balls. New Zealand put in a complete of 226/8, the biggest-ever T20I whole against Pakistan by any crew, to acquire a bonus regardless of shedding the toss. 

Pakistan additionally began effectively with new opener Saim Ayub smashing 27 off simply 8 balls and the previous captain Babar Azam scoring 57 off simply 35 balls. But spectacular bowling from veteran Tim Southee helped the Kiwis earn a cushty win to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match collection. 

Apart from New Zealand’s largest T20I rating document against Pakistan, the sport produced different milestones as effectively. Babar Azam’s fifty helped him surpass Martin Guptill in the listing of gamers with probably the most T20I runs. Babar has now scored 3542 runs in 105 T20I matches and is just behind Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the scoring chart. 

With 4 wickets in the present day, the veteran pacer Tim Southee grew to become the first-ever cricketer to full 150 wickets in the shortest format of the sport. Southee has now ten wickets greater than his closest rival Shakib Al Hasan in the T20I bowling information.

New Zealand Playing XI: Finn Allen, Devon Conway (wk), Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

Pakistan Playing XI: Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan (wk), Aamer Jamal, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi (c), Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf