T20 World Cup 2021, Match 19: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Stats Preview: Player records and approaching milestones

Pakistan would like to continue their sensational run as they take on New Zealand in their next assignment in the T20 World Cup 2021. The encounter takes place at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on October 26. Having recorded a historic 10-wicket triumph against arch-rivals India, Pakistan must be high on confidence and other teams must beware of them. On the other hand, New Zealand will kick-start their campaign with this clash.

Many loopholes in the Kiwi side were exposed as they lost their warm-up fixtures against Australia and England respectively. Although Kane Williamson’s men lost both practice games by narrow margins, they have some issues to address. With the UAE tracks being tired and slow, New Zealand batters need to put application to get runs. However, their bowling attack looks pretty formidable with Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, and Lockie Ferguson in the ranks.

As far as Pakistan are concerned, they don’t have much to worry about. Shaheen Afridi breathed fire with the new ball against India and rattled their top order. The other bowlers also did pretty well. In the batting department, skipper Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan recorded a comfortable 10-wicket win.

Meanwhile, let’s look at important stats and numbers ahead of the 19th game of the T20 World Cup 2021:

Head to head: Pakistan dominate New Zealand as far as the head-to-head record in T20Is is concerned. In 24 clashes, the Pakistan side has won 14 games while the remaining 10 encounters went in New Zealand’s favour. These two sides have met five times in T20 World Cup and the head-to-head record is 3-2 in Pakistan’s favour

71 – Mohammad Hafeez needs 71 runs to become the first Pakistani and fifth overall player to complete 2,500 runs in T20Is.

8 – Shoaib Malik needs eight fours to complete 200 boundaries in T20Is.

71 – Kane Williamson needs 71 runs to complete 5500 runs in T20 cricket.

1 – Tim Southee is one wicket shy of becoming the third bowler to take 100 T20I wickets.

1541 – Mohammad Rizwan has scored the most runs in T20s in 2021 (1541). Babar Azam (1431) holds the second place.

783 – Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have added 783 runs in partnership in 2021, most by any pair in T20s.

2 – Hasan Ali needs two big hits to complete 50 sixes in international cricket.

40 – Shadab Khan is 40 runs shy of completing 1000 runs in international cricket.

50 – A half-century will make Babar Azam the player with joint-most 50-plus scores in T20Is as captain (13). He would then share the record with Virat Kohli.

3 – Martin Guptill needs three hits over the fence to become the first player to hit 150 sixes in T20Is.

61 – Guptill is also 61 runs shy of becoming the second batter after Virat Kohli to complete 3000 T20I runs.

38 – Tim Seifert needs 38 runs to complete 2,500 runs in T20 cricket.

4 – Trent Boult needs four wickets to become the fifth New Zealand bowler to take 50 T20I wickets.

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