‘New Zealand ladke Jitna janta hai’ – Fans react as NZ beat PAK in ODI World Cup 2023 warm-up game
New Zealand and Pakistan recently encountered each other in the 3rd Warm-Up match of ODI World Cup 2023 on 29 September, Friday in Guwahati. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first and put on a decent target on the board.
Mohd. Rizwan and Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam scored 103 and 80 runs off 94 and 84 deliveries with a strike rate of 109.57 and 95.24, respectively. The middle-order batsman Saud Shakeel scored 75 off 53 deliveries and hit 5 fours and 4 sixes to lead Pakistan to a score of 345-5.
Pakistan miserably failed to defend the target of 346 runs and New Zealand won at the end of 43.4 overs in the practice game. The team’s top-order batsman Rachin Ravindra became the highest scorer for the team by scoring 97 runs off 72 deliveries. New Zealand sealed an easy victory against Pakistan by five wickets.
“Wasn’t a reality 5 months ago ” – Kane Williamson
“Just great to get through with some batting in the middle which is really nice. [on the injured knee] It has held up pretty well and some icing now which is a part of the process. Wasn’t a reality 5 months ago, was fortunate with the recovery and nice to be named in the squad. Went pretty well and nice to build on that. A fantastic hit-out. Pakistan are an outstanding side. It is an exercise and nice to compete and do all those things. There’s always things to work on, great batting performance on a really good surface. We head off to a different surface against a different opposition and we look forward to it ahead of our first game”, said Kane Williamson.
Look how the fans reacted –
https://twitter.com/saasha_00/status/1707801051682976221?s=46
Well played. But pace is pace yaar?
— Waѕiyullah Budye (@WasiyullahB) September 29, 2023
He is a rising player – Good Knock by him
— ×8ighty1ne× (@warsiking) September 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/mohammedptl_18/status/1707775796394467665?s=46
He is a brilliant player
— ×8ighty1ne× (@warsiking) September 29, 2023
https://twitter.com/siimplyavinash/status/1707769818563367361?s=46
https://twitter.com/urscoolrahul/status/1707768512897536051?s=46
