Pakistan vs New Zealand T20I series schedule, venues, timings and squads

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Pakistan will officially kick off their preparations for the T20 World Cup 2024 with the 5-match T20I series against New Zealand starting January 12 at the Eden Park in Auckland.

New Zealand played a three-match T20I series against Bangladesh after the World Cup 2023. They lost the first match of the series by five wickets. New Zealand levelled the series 1-1 after the second match was abandoned due to rain.

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With the T20 World Cup 2024 starting from June 1, both the teams have named full-strength squads, and an intense series full of auction is on the cards.

Pakistan were recently whitewashed 3-0 in their recently-concluded Test series in Australia. They will look for a change in fortunes in their new T20I captain Shaheen Afridi. Kane Williamson will lead New Zealand except for the third match as he is still monitoring his knee injury.

Star all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has been rested, but Matt Henry and Lockie Ferguson have recovered from their respective injuries to find places in the squad. Mitchell Santner will lead the New Zealand side in the third T20I.

New Zealand T20I squad vs Pakistan: Kane Williamson (capt) (except game 3), Finn Allen, Tim Seifert (wk), Devon Conway (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Josh Clarkson (game 3 only), Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ben Sears (games 1 and 2), Lockie Ferguson (games 3, 4 and 5)

Pakistan T20I squad vs New Zealand: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain), Aamir Jamal, Abbas Afridi, Azam Khan (wicket-keeper), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Haris Rauf, Haseebullah (wicket-keeper), Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan (wicket-keeper), Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Sahibzada Farhan, Saim Ayub, Usama Mir and Zaman Khan