T20 World Cup 2022: New Zealand won the toss, decided to bat first
New Zealand have won the toss and decided to bat first in the first match of T20 World Cup 2022 between Pakistan and New Zealand at Sydney Cricket Ground on November 9. The first semi-final match between the two teams is going to start shortly.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has decided to bat first in the semi-final match. If you look at the statistics, the teams batting first at the Sydney Cricket Ground have won five times so far. In such a situation, it can be quite a relief for New Zealand to bat first. Let us tell you that the team batting in the second innings has become the match winner only once. According to the information, neither of the two teams has made any changes in the playing XI.
stats between the two teams
There have been five T20 matches between the two teams so far. Although Pakistan has won four of these matches. New Zealand has won only one match. Let us inform that in the ICC tournament, Pakistan has reached the semi-finals with New Zealand three times and Pakistan has won all three times. Let us inform that semi-final matches have been held between the two teams in 1992, 1999 and 2007.
ICC has made this arrangement for rain
Significantly, during the T20 World Cup, rain has disturbed the match many times. In such a situation, if rain creates any hindrance in the semi-final match, then the ICC has also kept a reserve day for the semi-final and final match. According to the information, if the match is stopped due to rain, then the match will be restarted from the same over the next day. If for some reason the match is not completed even on the second day, then the top team in Super 12 will decide the way to the final. However, reserve day was not available for Super 12. Till Super 12 points were shared equally between both the teams.
Here are the teams of both the countries
New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips, Jimmy Neesham, Daryl Mitchell, Adam Milne, Martin Guptill, Lockie Ferguson, Devon Conway, Mark Chapman, Michael Bracewell, Trent Boult, Finn Allen
Pakistan Squad: Babar Azam (Captain), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shaan Masood, Mohammad Haris
