13:15 Local Time, 00:15 GMT, 05:45 IST: Hello and welcome to the second game between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan were handed a shellacking in the first T20I. They made a horde of changes after a debacle in CT 2025. But even that didn't help them as most of their batters looked clueless against Jamieson and Duffy. But the biggest enemy for a batter in T20s is overthinking. Pakistan will have to see that as a bad dream and move on. The last T20I at this venue was between these two sides and NZ had Finn Allen smacking an amazing ton. Bat first has been the mantra in the recent domestic T20 games here and the captains might as well would want to take a cue from that. Toss and sheets in a while.
Squads:
Pakistan Squad: Mohammad Haris(w), Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha(c), Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Khushdil Shah, Abdul Samad, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Omair Yousuf, Haris Rauf, Abbas Afridi, Usman Khan, Sufiyan Muqeem
New Zealand Squad: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Tim Robinson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Mitchell Hay(w), Michael Bracewell(c), Zakary Foulkes, Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, James Neesham, Ben Sears, William ORourke