New Zealand Defeats Pakistan by 60 Runs in Champions Trophy Debut

Pakistan lost to New Zealand by 60 runs in the Champions Trophy’s first game, played in Karachi. In the second innings, Pakistan. When Pakistan was put to bowl first, unfortunately, the bowlers couldn’t do much as the batsmen worked hard to amass a total of 320 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in the 50 overs.

As for the New Zealander innings, fans enjoyed a double century by both Tom Latham and Will Young, the latter scoring a century on 107 balls as a replacement for the injured Rachin Ravindra. Latham too scored 118 runs off 104 balls. Young stitched an important partnership scoring 118 runs alongside Latham and was later joined by Glenn Phillips who boosted the score with 61 runs off 39 balls.

The batting side faltered after the first few overs in an attempt to chase down the target. The match saw a astonishing catch from Phillip’s side that led to Muhammad Rizwan’s dismissal, bringing the score to 22-2 post power play. Salman Ali Agha took charge of the scoring but scored only 42 runs from 28 balls before getting out.

Babar Azam built a solid innings but fell to the hands of Mitchell Santner at 64 runs. Khushdil Shah on the other hand gave Pakistan some hope when he scored 69 runs of 49 balls, but his wicket also practically ended the game for Pakistan. Ultimately, New Zealand ended the match by bowling Pakistan all out at the score of 260 in the first match of the tournament.