MOHALI, Mar 22: New Zealand openers started the first innings all guns blazing and that aggressive attitude was the highlight of their entire innings as the Kiwi batsmen did not missed a single opportunity to thrash the Pakistani bowlers. Martin Guptill scored 80 runs off 48 balls. Shahid Afridi and Mohammad Sami picked two wickets each for Pakistan. The Kiwis set a total of 181 for Pakistan after finishing their innings at 180/5.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson won the toss and opted to bat first against Pakistan, led by Shahid Afridi, in the Group 2 fixture of the ICC WorldT20 2016 being played on Tuesday.
No Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Hafeez in the Pakistani line-up for this match. Both players have been replaced by Khalid Latif and Imad Wasim.