{"id":11412,"date":"2022-10-14T13:28:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=11412"},"modified":"2022-10-14T13:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:30:49","slug":"confidence-booster-for-pakistan-ahead-of-t20-world-cup-as-green-shirts-win-tri-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/confidence-booster-for-pakistan-ahead-of-t20-world-cup-as-green-shirts-win-tri-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Confidence booster for Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as Green Shirts win tri-series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence booster for Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as Green Shirts win tri-series. In a major boost to the Pakistan cricket team ahead of the T20 World Cup, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/babarazam258\">Babar Azam<\/a>-led squad won the tri-series, beating New Zealand by five wickets on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Deciding to bowl first after winning the toss, the Pakistani bowlers restricted the Kiwis to 163-7 despite skipper Kane Williamson\u2019s 59.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BLACKCAPS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BLACKCAPS<\/a> for hosting us in the lead-up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/T20WorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#T20WorldCup<\/a>. We look forward to welcoming you for the dual tours of Pakistan in December and April. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XywnBM7sjW\">https:\/\/t.co\/XywnBM7sjW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1580905032504877057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chasing the 164-run target, Pakistan lost Babar early on but the under fire middle order played an important role in today&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Nawaz was declared Player of the Match for his all-around performance. He scored 38 off 22 and took one wicket as well.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pak-vs-eng-babar-azam-all-praises-for-mohammad-rizwan-aamer-jamal.html\">Pak vs Eng: Babar Azam all praises for Mohammad Rizwan, Aamer Jamal<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just backed myself in both days. Tried to display what I&#8217;d practised in the nets with a clear mind. Batting in the middle order has helped a lot, backing myself and going with the plan was key.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the 15th over of the innings in which Pakistan turned the tide in its favour by scoring 25 runs, Nawaz said Haider Ali helped with a couple of boundaries in the previous over. \u201cWe used the wind and got the boundaries against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Middle-order ensures Pakistan enter T20 World Cup with momentum and confidence<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IaZ4fHUNJz\">https:\/\/t.co\/IaZ4fHUNJz<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NZTriSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NZTriSeries<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BackTheBoysInGreen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BackTheBoysInGreen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCBMedia\/status\/1580814747510792193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Good confidence\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the match, the Pakistani skipper appreciated his middle-order batters for stepping up and perform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way our team played deserves all the credit. The bowlers were brilliant at the death. The way the middle order played was outstanding. Haider and Nawaz are outstanding, so we need to step up and perform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Going to Australia for the mega tournament, Babar said, \u201cwe have good confidence\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confidence booster for Pakistan ahead of T20 World Cup as Green Shirts win tri-series. In a major boost to the Pakistan cricket team ahead of the T20 World Cup, the Babar Azam-led squad won the tri-series, beating New Zealand by five wickets on Friday. Deciding to bowl first after winning the toss, the Pakistani bowlers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[694,1653,516,650,1254,364],"class_list":["post-11412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-babar-azam","tag-haider-ali","tag-new-zealand","tag-ramiz-raja","tag-t20-world-cup","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}