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Best Memes from New Zealand vs Pakistan 1st T20I Clash

Pakistan lost the first match of the three-match T20I series against New Zealand by a margin of 48 runs; both teams played this match at Eden Park in Auckland.

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New Zealand vs Pakistan (File Photo: X)

New Zealand vs Pakistan (File Photo: X)

New Zealand and Pakistan locked horns in the first T20I of the five-match T20I series; both teams played at Eden Park in Auckland. The visiting skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi won the toss and asked the Kiwis to bat first. Batting first, New Zealand posted a big total of 226 runs for the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

Skipper Kane Williamson and star middle-order batter Daryl Mitchell scored crucial half-centuries, scoring 57 and 61 runs, respectively. Besides Williamson and Mitchell, opener Finn Allen played a quick knock of 34 runs off just 15 balls, with 3 fours and 3 sixes.

Star Pakistan pace spearhead and newly appointed skipper, Shaheen Afridi scalped 3 wickets but also conceded 46 runs in his quota of 4 overs. Apart from him, Abbas Afridi and Haris Rauf also picked 3 and 2 wickets, respectively.

Babar Azam’s half-century went in vain after the early end Rizwan-Ayub show

While chasing the massive target of 227 runs, the newly formed opening pair of wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan and young batter Saim Ayub added quick 33 runs for the first wicket in 2.2 overs. The blistering partnership broke when Saim Ayub got dismissed in a run-out at the individual score of 27 runs off just 8 balls, hitting 2 fours and 3 sixes.

Apart from him, his opening partner and senior batter Mohammad Rizwan also fell prey to Tim Southee in the 6th over of the second innings, an individual score of 25 runs off 14 balls, hitting 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Former skipper Babar Azam scored a crucial half-century, scoring 57 runs off 35 balls, with 6 fours and 2 sixes. But his knock couldn’t help Pakistan to chase down the target; the men in green were bundled out in 18 overs at the score of 180 runs.

Eventually, the Blackcaps won the T20I series opener by a margin of 48 runs to gain a lead of 1-0 in the five-match series. The fans also poured out the hilarious memes following Pakistan’s defeat in the first match against New Zealand.

Here’s a look at the memes shared by fans after Pakistan lost to New Zealand: 

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