New Zealand also won the third T20 match against Pakistan.

 New Zealand also won the third T20 match against Pakistan.

In pursuit of the target of 225 runs, the Green Shirts scored 179 runs.

The Kiwis have taken a decisive three-nil lead in the five-match T20I series.

In this third T20 played in Dunedin, Pakistan won the toss and decided to field first. New Zealand, batting first, gave Pakistan a target of 225 runs to win.

New Zealand scored 224 runs for the loss of seven wickets, Finn Allen played an aggressive innings and scored 137 runs off 62 balls with the help of 16 sixes and 5 fours. The Kiwi opener completed his aggressive century off just 48 balls.
Tim Seifert scored 31, Glenn Phillips scored 19, Daryl Mitchell scored 8, Devon Conway scored 7 and Mitchell Santner scored 4 runs.

Haris Rauf sent 2 players back to the pavilion while Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Wasim, Zaman Khan and Mohammad Nawaz dismissed one player each.

For today’s match 3, 3 changes were made in both teams. Pakistan replaced Osama Mir, Aamir Jamal and Abbas Afridi with Mohammad Nawaz, Wasim Jr and Zaman Khan in the team.

Other players include captain Shaheen Shah Afridi, Muhammad Rizwan, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmad, Azam Khan and Haris Rauf.