Live Cricket Score, Pakistan vs New Zealand, ICC World T20 2016: Pakistan take on New Zealand in do or die clash
Pakistan face unbeaten New Zealand in their World T20 match in Mohali on Tuesday. Having lost one and won one, Pakistan need a win to avoid the threat of crashing out. A win for New Zealand will surely give them a place in the semis. Catch the live cricket score and live cricket updates from the Pakistan vs New Zealand match here (Full Coverage|| Fixtures||Photos)
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Live Cricket Updates
1848 hrs IST: Team combination could get interesting for New Zealand. How do they play? Same combination – heavy on spin or include the likes of Boult and Southee? Some calls to make
Mohali is 6th venue to host a T20WC match in 2016
190 sixes hit in 22 games, so far
Mumbai most 61, a six every 12 balls!#PAKvsNZ#Dimagsay— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) 22 March 2016
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1840 hrs IST: Toss is 20 minutes away in Mohali
1830 hrs IST: Half-an-hour to go for the big match – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Build Up
Script goes awry for Pakistan’s evergreen hero
Live Cricket Score, Pakistan vs New Zealand, ICC World T20 2016: Shahid Afridi during a training session on the eve of the Group 2 game against New Zealand. (Source: PTI)
Shahid Afridi addresses press conferences in a manner none too different from the way he plays his cricket: in a hurry. ‘In a hurry’, in fact, doesn’t quite capture it. Tabadtod, a Hindi/Urdu adjective which can loosely be translated as — but contains more crunch than — “at a breakneck speed”, comes closer.
Ish effect – A household suddenly torn by loyalties
Live Cricket Score, Pakistan vs New Zealand, ICC World T20: Ish Sodhi picked the big wicket of Virat Kohli. (Source: AP)
At another end of the country, far way from Panchkula, when India were playing New Zealand in Nagpur last week, the Sodhi household was in a dilemma. They, like most in the country, had always ardently supported for India.
No Chacha cricket, only Chacha Chicago in Mohali
Live Cricket Score, Pakistan vs New Zealand, ICC World T20: Mohammad Bashir from Chicago in Mohali on Monday . (Express Photo by Kamleshwar Singh)
Just as Mohammad Bashir approaches the main gate at the I S Bindra Stadium in Mohali, the Pakistani cricket fan, fondly called Chacha Chicago, is approached by a group of seven to eight youngsters. With the Pakistan cricket team training inside the stadium, Bashir knows it will be long wait as he is also offered lunch by the Indian fans outside the stadium.
