Pak vs nz 3rd odi floodlights: Pakistan vs New Zealand third ODI has come into the limelight due to many reasons. The Pak team has suffered 0-3 defeat in the ODI series, while Khushdil Shah had clashed with a fan. Now this third ODI has also come into the limelight due to darkness in the ground. The match was played at the Bay Oval ground, in which the Kiwi team won by 43 runs. In fact, when the final over of the match was going on, the floodlights stopped and darkness was in the whole ground.
In this match affected by bad weather, the Pakistan team had a target of 265 runs. This case is of the 39th over of the Pakistani innings, in which Jacob Duffy came to bowl. Dafi had completed his run-up and was about to throw the ball, then there was darkness in the entire ground. Tayyab Tahir for Pakistan was at strikeing end, he had withdrawn from the stumps to avoid an injury.
Could have suffered serious injury
It is not clear from the video that surfaced whether Jacob Dafi bowled the ball or not. If a batsman or fielder got the ball, he could have suffered a serious injury. Due to this incident, the match stayed for some time, while when the match started again, Tahir was seen wandering with rhythm. Before the darkness, Tahir was playing 33 runs in 30 balls, but with the beginning of the match, he was dismissed for playing a big shot on the next ball.
Even floodlight is playing with pakistan team 😹😹 pic.twitter.com/ECDKFQM6UQ
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Imam ul Haq got bad condition
In this match, Pak team batsman Imam ul Haq had a ball on his face, after which he was taken out on a stretcher. Due to this injury, the Imam had to be retired from the match, which was replaced by Usman Khan. In this match, Pakistan lost by 43 runs and it was the seventh defeat of the Pak team in the last 5 white ball matches.
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