We have opted for a fantasy cricket team based on the recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Probable XIs
Imam-ul-Haq was rested in the previous match.
Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman/Imam-ul-Haq, Shan Masood, Babar Azam (c), Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Mohammad Haris, Shaheen Afridi, Usama Mir, Haris Rauf/Naseem Shah, Mohammad Wasim Jr
New Zealand: Will Young, Tom Blundell (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (c), Mark Chapman, James Neesham, Cole McConchie, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Blair Tickner, Ben Lister
Pitch Report
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
(Based on the last three ODIs)
1st innings average score: 300
2nd innings average score: 261
Wickets per innings: 8
Type: Slows down as the game progresses
Wins
Batting 1st: 67%
Batting 2nd: 33%
20 of 49 wickets fell in the last 10 overs of the innings, with pacers doing 57% of the damage. Top-three batters registered two centuries and five half-centuries.
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Fantasy Tips of The Day
Mohammad Wasim Jr has never gone wicketless in second innings and averages 65 points per match.
Agha Salman scored 172 runs at 43 and scalped three wickets in his last five matches in Karachi.
Babar Azam has smashed two centuries and three half-centuries in just seven matches at the venue, aggregating 456 runs at 65.
Fakhar Zaman is the highest run-getter for Pakistan against New Zealand at home: 487 runs at 81. He averages over 50 runs every second match.
Daryl Mitchell is New Zealand’s top run-scorer against Pakistan away from home: 369 runs at 52 – of which 297 have come in the current series.
Tom Latham has been doing a stellar job as a skipper: 1,186 runs at 47, including three centuries and eight fifties. Furthermore, he averages 40 in Pakistan.
Matt Henry has picked 27 wickets and bowled six maiden overs to average 58 points per match against Pakistan.
Tom Blundell scored 88 runs, pouched three catches, and affected a stumping to feature in the Best11 in both the matches he played in the series.