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 Tayyab Tahir for Pakistan was at strikeing end, he had withdrawn from the stumps to avoid an injury.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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Pak vs nz 5th t20 match report: New Zealand easily defeated Pakistan in the fifth T20 match. In this way, New Zealand defeated Pakistan 4–1 in the 5 T20 matches series. New Zealand had a target of 129 runs. The Kiwi team achieved target for 2 wickets in just 10 overs.

Stormy batting of tim siphrt

New Zealand started to bat in response to Pakistan’s 128 runs. Kiwi openers Tim Sifart and Finn Alan added 93 runs in 6.2 overs. Phil Alan returned to the pavilion after scoring 27 runs off 12 balls, but Tim Sifart continued to beat the Pakistani bowlers. Tim Sifart scored 97 off 38 balls. He hit 6 fours and 10 sixes in his inning. At the same time, Sufiyan Mukim took both wickets for Pakistan.

This was the condition of Pakistani batters

Pakistan came out to bat first and scored 128 runs for 9 wickets in 20 overs. Captain Salman Ali Aga scored the most runs for Pakistan. Salman Ali Aga scored 51 runs off 39 balls. He hit 6 fours and 1 six in his inning. Apart from this, Shadab Khan scored 28 runs from 20 balls. But other batsmen of Pakistan disappointed. Pakistan’s 8 batsmen could not cross the double figure. Therefore, Pakistan’s team failed to score a big score.

Pakistani batter knees in front of Jimmy Neesham

At the same time, Jimmy Neesham was the most successful bowler for New Zealand. Jimmy Neesham took 5 wickets for 22 runs in 4 overs. Jacob Dafi got 2 success. Apart from this, Ben Sears and Ish Sodhi dismissed 1-1 players.

Let us tell you that with this victory, New Zealand has won the 5 T20 match series 4-1. Now a series of 3 ODIs will be played between the two teams. This series is happening from Saturday.

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Pakistan team iftar: In the third T20 match, Pakistan has shocked New Zealand by 9 wickets. Pakistan had a target of 205 runs, which it achieved with 4 overs remaining. Hasan Nawaz had shocked the players of the unbeaten 105 runs. Now a video has surfaced in which Pakistani players were seen doing Iftar. That is, all the players of the Pak team played the third T20 match against New Zealand by keeping Rosa.

Let us know that this video came out when New Zealand scored 49 runs in 5 overs for the loss of two wickets. Then the entire team of Pakistan gathered and in the evening all the players finished Rosa by drinking things like water and juice. Pakistani fans were seen saying to be proud of their team in the comment section.

What happened in the match

Let me tell you that for the Kiwi team, Mark Chapman played a brilliant innings of 94 runs, but Hasan Nawaz’s innings was heavy on him. Captain Michael Bracewell also scored 31 runs for New Zealand. No other batsman of the team could score a big score. When the batting of the Pak team came, Mohammad Haris scored a fiery innings of 41 runs in 20 balls, Hasan Nawaz scored a century in 44 balls and also became the batsman to score the fastest century in T20 cricket for Pakistan. He scored 105 runs in 45 balls. Captain Salman Aga also contributed 51 runs.

Even after winning the third match, Pakistan is lagging behind 1-2 in the five-match series. 2 more matches are yet to be played in the series. After that, a series of 3 ODIs between Pakistan and New Zealand is also to be played.

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NET Bowler Dismissed Babar Azam: The Pakistan team is visiting New Zealand these days. The first five T20s and then the series of three ODI matches are to be played from March 29. Meanwhile, Babar Azam is once again on the target of trollers as he was dismissed against a net bowler during the practice session. Actually Babur was trying to play shots on the leg side against the off-spin bowler during the practice. During this process, the umpire gave him LBW out.

Babar Azam was also shocked to see the decision of the umpire. This video of his dismissal is going viral in a tremendous way. In the last few months, the figures in Babur’s three formats have not been very good. In the year 2025, he has scored just 149 runs in 6 ODIs so far, including only one fifty. He has scored only 184 runs in 6 Test innings this year. During this time his average has been only 30.67.

Babar Azam Getting dismissed by a net bowler. pic.twitter.com/apgu99iafs

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Babar Azam was not selected in T20 team

PCB has sent a new T20 team on New Zealand tour in view of the 2026 T20 World Cup plans. This T20 series is still going on, the special thing of which is that Pakistan’s captaincy was handed over to Salman Aga. It was a shocking decision to drop many senior players like Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam from the T20 team.

Currently, Pakistan is lagging behind 1-2 in the five-match T20 series. In the first 2 matches, the host New Zealand was victorious, while in the third match, the Pak team won a big win thanks to Hasan Nawaz’s brilliant 105 runs innings. Talking about the ODI series, Pakistan-New Zealand’s first clash will be in Napier on March 29. The second match will be played on 2 April and the third match on 5 April.

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