In the third match of the five match T20 series, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 7 wickets in Rawalpindi cricket stadium.

New Zealand won the toss and invited Pakistan to bat first.

Pakistan inning:

On behalf of Pakistan, Saim Ayub and Babar Azam opened the innings, Saeem Ayub scored 32 runs and Babar Azam got out with 37 runs.

Muhammad Rizwan scored 23 runs while Shadab Khan was the top scorer with 41 runs, Usman Khan scored 4 runs. Irfan Khan remained not out with 30 runs.

For New Zealand, Ish Sodhi took 2 wickets, Michael Bracewell and Jacob Duffy took one wicket each.

New Zealand inning:

Kiwis achieved the target of 179 with the loss of 3 wickets in 19th over.

Mark Chapman remained unbeaten on 87 for New Zealand, Dan Foxcroft scored 31, Tim Robinson scored 28 and Tim Seifert scored 21. James Neesham remained not out with 6 runs.

Naseem Shah took one and Abbas Afridi took 2 wickets for Pakistan.