Dream 11 Prediction: New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Prediction

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New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match Preview: New Zealand and Pakistan will play the 3rd T20I match on 17 January 2023 at University Oval, Dunedin. The match will start at 5:30 am, which is early for Indian sports fans who want to watch the match.

New Zealand has been playing their usual games, and because of that, they won the last match against Pakistan by 21 runs, in which Finn Allen became the player of the match after scoring 74 runs in just 41 balls, hitting 5-sixes. However, the bad news for New Zealand is that in the last match, Williamson retired hurt due to a hamstring injury, which is going to make him miss every leftover match. He recently came back from a knee injury in the World Cup, but in the last match, he felt tightness in his right leg and decided to return to the dressing room.

Pakistan once again fell short of chasing down the total after Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman provided an amazing platform for the middle order to finish the match, but they still failed to do justice, and Pakistan lost by 21 runs. It is going to be their last chance to save the series by winning the next match because they failed to secure it in the last. The middle order needs to perform because they have failed to score in the last two matches.

When and Where To Watch New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match

Match	New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match
Date & Time	January 17, 2024, 5:30 AM
Venue	University Oval, Dunedin
Where to Watch	Prime Video

Player Injury Report For New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match

Kane Williamson pulled up the hamstring on his right leg, and Young will replace Williamson.

New Zealand vs Pakistan Head-to-Head T20I Record

Match Played	36
New Zealand Won	15
Pakistan Won	20
Tie/NR	1/0

Weather Conditions For New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match

The weather will be cold, and there will be dew.

Pitch Report of University Oval, Dunedin, In New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match On January 17, 2023

Match Played	2 Matches
Batting first won	2 Matches won
Batting second won	0 Matches won
Average 1st innings scores	180 Runs
Highest Team innings total	219/7 by NZ
Lowest Team innings total	141/10 by SL

Just like other New Zealand pitches at the University Oval, Dunedin will be pace-friendly pitches, which will also help batters score runs. The dimension of the ground is not too big because it is one of the University pitches, which is not only made for international matches. Only two international matches have been played on the ground.

Team Preview Of New Zealand

New Zealand is on the verge of winning the series, and they will try their best to win the next match to seal the series in their favor, but in the last match, Pakistan did give some fight, which clearly shows that New Zealand needs to keep the pressure on and they have to look at their field also as they dropped three catches in the last in which two were easy to grab.

Important players for the New Zealand Team in the match against Pakistan

1- Tim Southee has been amazing in the T20I, and in the two matches, he picked up 6 wickets and will captain the side for the last three matches.

2- Finn Allen played one of his best T20I innings in the last match, scoring 74 runs in 41 balls with a strike rate of 180.49. He scored 108 runs in 2 matches with a strike rate of 192.86, which is an amazing performance by him.

3- Adam Milne has been great against Pakistan, taking 25 wickets in 16 matches. He can swing the ball with the pace of his bowling, which is why he has been one of the main lead bowlers for New Zealand. In the last match, he took four wickets and has a good record on the ground because he picked a 5-fer against Sri Lanka last time.

Team Preview Of Pakistan

Pakistan continued their losing form, and now they are on the verge of losing the series after two losses in a row. The middle order of Pakistan is a total flop, and no one other than Babar Azam is performing. It was not a good choice to make Shaheen Shah Afridi team captain because it did affect his bowling.

Important players for the Pakistan Team in the match against New Zealand

1- Mohammad Rizwan failed to give a good start once again, and it is going to be hard for the Pakistan selector to keep him on the team while he fails to score. His average has come down to 38.9 in the last 7 matches, but he is their best T20I batter.

2- Babar Azam started off well in the series, scoring back-to-back half-centuries, and right now the leading run scorer in the series with 123 runs in 2 matches. The average is 61.50 right now, and he started playing aggressive cricket.

3- Haris Rauf took 16 wickets in the last 7 matches, and even in the last match, he took 3 wickets to stop the New Zealand team from going past 200+ runs. He does need to lower his economy rate because that is the only issue with his bowling since the World Cup.

New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Dream 11 Fantasy Team

Wicket-keeper: Mohammad Rizwan, Devon Conway

Batters: Babar Azam, Finn Allen, Daryl Mitchell

All-Rounder: Mitchell Santner

Bowler: Shaheen Afridi, Tim Southee, Haris Rauf, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi

New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I Match Prediction

New Zealand will likely to win the match to seal the series.

New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I: Probable Playing 11 of New Zealand

Finn Allen, Devon Conway(w), Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Adam Milne, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Ben Sears

New Zealand vs Pakistan 3rd T20I: Probable Playing 11 of Pakistan

Mohammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan(w), Aamer Jamal, Usama Mir, Shaheen Afridi(c), Abbas Afridi, Haris Rauf