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New Zealand

We were a bit worried about New Zealand’s bench strength when it took on the West Indies but their youngsters performed so well that they have been given another run in this series.

We are talking about players like Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips in the batting order who had a massive impact against the West Indies. Batting against the Pakistani bowling is a whole different, challenge, though, and that is something to be remembered.

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Martin Guptill and Tim Seifert are going to open the batting for New Zealand followed by Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips. Ross Taylor has been dropped for this series and so that spot is open.

Mark Chapman seems to be the most likely candidate for that position right now.

James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Blair Tickner, and Jacob Duffy seem to be the all-rounders/bowling attack that New Zealand will go with in the first T20.

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A lot of big names have been rested and New Zealand is clearly not worrying about losing this match. There is plenty of talent in this lineup but the inexperience could be apparent against a skilled bowling attack like Pakistan’s.

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Pakistan

The one man that is most important to Pakistan’s fortunes right now is Babar Azam. Class batsmen have been curiously rare in Pakistan cricket over the last decade or so and Babar Azam is the best of the best.

Now that he is not available, someone else needs to step up.

Pakistan is going to have to answer some difficult questions. The first is regarding the opening combination. Fakhar Zaman has been dropped and Babar Azam is absent. That means two new batsmen are going to open the inning for Pakistan.

We think Abdullah Shafique could be one of the batsmen to get the nod and may be paired with Haider Ali. Of course, Mohammad Hafeez is also in the squad and he is in great form but we don’t think Pakistan would want to tamper with his position just yet.

Khushdil Shah and Mohammad Rizwan are the other batsmen that Pakistan will be counting on. They will be followed by the two all-rounders, Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim, after which the four bowlers will take their place.

Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, and Wahab Riaz would be the three fast-bowlers bowlers that we think start, however, there is no poor choice here. Mohammad Hasnain or Muhammad Musa would easily get a game for most international teams around the world.

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It will be interesting to see if Usman Qadir actually gets a game now that Shadab is back and leading the side.

Faheem Ashraf may be the person chosen instead of Qadir for this superior batting skills.

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Pakistan is struggling to put together a decent batting lineup but has an excess of bowling options at the moment.