Match Updates; Pakistan v/s New Zealand, World T20: Kiwis become first team to qualify for semis

WRITTEN BY DNA Web Team | Updated: Mar 22, 2016, 10:45 PM IST
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New Zealand are on a high after winning both their World T20 matches while Pakistan come into this game with two points in their bag having lost one and won one. If the green brigade fails to post a victory in this match at Mohali, then New Zealand will more or less confirm their berth in the semis, while a victory for Pakistan will make the group interesting.

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  • New Zealand win by 22 runs and thus qualify for the semifinals

  • 28 required from 5 balls

  • 36 required from the last 10 balls

  • OUT! Umar Akmal is dismissed by Adam Milne. He gets a full toss which should have been hit for a six, in stead he deposits it into the hands of Guptill at long on. Pakistan 140-5

  • OUT! Afridi holes out to Anderson at long off. Sodhi does the trick again. Pakistan 126 for 4 

  • Pakistan 123 for 3 after 15 overs

    FOUR! McClenaghan bowls full outside off and Afridi gets his bat to it and sends tha ball scooting between cover and mid off

  • Pakistan 115 for 3 after 14 overs

    SIX! A half tracker from Sodhi is dealt in the best possible fashion by Afridi. He rocks back and pulls it over the mid wicket fence

  • Pakistan 104-3

    FOUR! Shahid Afridi makes a mark immediately after coming to the crease. He smashes Santner in between deep cover and long off

    OUT! Shehzad is dismissed in the similar fashion as he was in the Bangladesh match. He tries to play a Dhoni like helicopter shot to a short and wide delivery from Santner but only manages it to deposit the ball in the safe hands of Guptill at wide mid wicket

  • Pakistan batsmen are facing it difficult to score runs. The Kiwi spinners are dictating terms. Pak 91 for 2 after 11 overs

  • OUT! Khalid Latif is dismissed by Mitchell Santner. The right-hander dances down the track and tries to target the cow corner but is caught well inside the rope by Grant Elliott. Pressure back on Pakistan

  • Ish Sodhi gives away just three runs from the 8th over. Pakistan 79 for 1

  • Pakistan 76-1 after 7 overs

    FOUR! Shehzad stays back in his crease and cuts Elliott in between point and gully for a boundary

  • Pakistan 61-0 after five overs

    FOUR! Shehzad joins the party, comes down the track and tries to send a short delivery over cover, in stead gets an edge and the ball scoots away to third man boundary

    FOUR! Everything is going Pakistan's way. This time a full delivery from Anderson brushes Sharjeel's pad and races away to fine leg fence.

  • Pak 51-0 after 4 overs

    SIX! That's massive. Sharjeel hoics McClenaghan to the mid wicket boundary. This is a dream start for Pakistan. 

  • Sharjeel Khan is on fire. Slams Mitchell McClenaghan for three consecutive boundaries on the leg side. He is batting on 36 off 17 balls

  • New Zealand score 180 for 5 in 20 overs.

    FOUR! Ross Taylor digs out an yorker to the third man fence 

  • SIX! Amir is slammed for an over boundary at long on. NZ 170-5 after 19.2 overs

  • OUT! Ronchi is caught at point by Shoaib Malik while trying to slash a low full toss. Sami gets the wicket. NZ are pegged in this over, they reach 164 for 5 in 19 overs

  • New Zealand 160-4 in 18 overs

    SIX! Luke Ronchi smashes Irfan over long on for an exquisite over boundary

    Ross Taylor survives as he horrendously pulls an Irfan delivery only to see the ball going sky high and thankfully for him it falls in no man's land at square leg boundary

  • OUT! Afridi gets his second wicket. Anderson tries to power the Pakistani captain over long off but only manages to hand a simple catch to Shoaib Malik. Two quick strikes will help Pakistan in bringing down the Kiwi run rate. NZ 133-4

  • OUT! Heart break for Guptill as he is dismissed just 20 short of a majestic hundred. The right hander while trying to guide a Mohammad Sami delivery to third man, chops it onto his stumps. NZ 127-3 from 14.3 overs

  • Guptill is hammering Shahid Afridi's rank hops. Scores two boundaries on either side of the wicket. NZ 123 for 2 after 14 overs

  • New Zealand 110-2 after 13 overs

    FOUR! What a shot from by Anderson, slaps Irfan's back of a length delivery down the ground for a well earned boundary

  • FOUR! A cheeky lemon cut earns Anderson a welcome boundary off Irfan's bowling. NZ 104-2

  • New Zealand reach 100 for 2 at the end of 12 overs. A great launch pad provided by Guptill, the middle order can now just keep up the good work

  • New Zealand 93-2

    FOUR! Another sweep to the wide mid wicket fence brings up Guptill's second boundary of the 11th over

    FOUR! Guptill sweeps hard to mid wicket for a boundary

    FIFTY for Martin Guptill, pushes a short delivery from Afridi to long on and sets off for a couple

  • CLOSE SHAVE! Corey Anderson survives a direct hit at the non-striker's end

  • New Zealand 76 for 2 after 9 overs

    OUT! Munro tries out his famous switch hit but fails to clear the deep point fence and is caught by Sharjeel Khan, Afridi draws first blood.

  • FOUR! Afridi fools Munro with a wrong one but the wicket keeper misses the ball too and it races away to the boundary

  • OUT! Williamson is undone by a good length delivery. The right hander tries to drive a Mohammad Irfan delivery on the up and is caught by Shahid Afridi at short cover.

  • New Zealand have begun in the best possible fashion scoring 44 off the first 5 overs without the loss of any wickets. Martin Guptill has been the aggressor scoring 28 off 18 ball while Kane Williamson has scored 10 off 12 deliveries. All the bowlers have been taken apart with ease.