Beleaguered Pakistan Eyes Test Win Against Kiwis

Beleaguered Pakistan is eyeing the test series win against Kiwis after almost 10 years without their key batsman Babar Azam. The first match of the two-match test series is being played at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

In the absence of their star batsman, the Pakistan team is being led by Muhammad Rizwan while the Kiwis are playing under the captaincy of Kane Williamson.

The last time, Pakistan won a test series against Kiwis was in 2010-11.

Shadab Khan is also ruled out of the first test after a thigh injury.

Now in the absence of Babar Azam and Shadab Khan, Muhammad Rizwan, who is debuting as a Test captain, has to play his cards wisely and hope for an impressive performance from both bowlers and batsmen.

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New Zealand is also looking to secure a place in the final of the ICC Test Championship next year as they are currently third after India and Australia. Kiwis are required to win both test matches against Pakistan to rank get a position in the top two.

With a batting line-up whose performance had remained a little shady in the past on the land of Blackcaps, Pakistan is playing with their full strength bowling line-up with Muhammad Abbas, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, and Yasir Shah.

The experts say that Pakistan is going to miss the absence of its key batsman Babar Azam in the test series against Kiwis.

In the red-ball format, Pakistan’s performance against New Zealand has not remained much impressive as the Blackcaps have won the last two test series played against Pakistan