New Zealand will certainly visit Pakistan for a series of 5 T20Is scheduled from April 18 to 27, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) introduced on Wednesday (March 13). This will be New Zealand’s 3rd check out to Pakistan in the span of 17 months.
The first 3 T20Is will be played in Rawalpindi on April 18, 20 and 21 while Lahore will organize the last 2 matches on April 25 and 27. The New Zealand team is readied to show up in Pakistan on April 14.
The series, nonetheless, clashes with the Indian Premier League, which was also the case last year when New Zealand played five T20Is and as many ODIs from April 14 to May 7. This indicates most of the New Zealand players, who will be included with their particular IPL groups, are unlikely to be readily available for the Pakistan collection.
Kane Williamson becomes part of the Gujarat Titans team while Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner and Devon Conway (still recouping from a thumb surgery) are with CSK. Glenn Phillips (SRH), Trent Boult (RR) and Lockie Ferguson (RCB) are the other New Zealand gamers associated with the IPL.
” This scenic tour symbolizes the ingrained connections and mutual regard that specify the relationship in between our 2 cricketing nations,” claimed Usman Wahla, PCB’s supervisor of international cricket. “Our passionate cricket followers and the people of Pakistan will certainly invite the New Zealand team once more and we want to have yet an additional competitive series which is a key part of our build-up to this year’s ICC T20 World Cup.”