Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan has broken the record for the highest score by awicketkeeper in a successful run-chase in a T20I match.
Rizwan achieved this feat after he scored 89 from 59 balls in the finalT20I against New Zealand in Napier, which Pakistan won by 4 wickets,avoiding a clean sweep in the three-match series against the Kiwis.——————————
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He hit ten 4s and three 6s and was dismissed by Kyle Jamieson on the secondball of the final over with Pakistan still needing three runs to reach thetarget of 174.
This is the second time this record has been broken in this series.
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During the second T20I match, Tim Seifert scored 84 runs and broke the9-year old record of Brendon McCullum who had scored 81 against Zimbabwe in2011.——————————
With the T20I series completed, Pakistan will now take on New Zealand atMount Maunganui on Boxing Day in the first of the two-match Test series.
Rizwan will lead Pakistan in the first Test as Babar Azam is out injureddue to a thumb injury which he suffered in the run-up to the T20I series.
