Pakistan also won the second of the five-match T20I series. They beat New Zealand by 38 runs on Saturday night. With this win, the hosts took a 2-0 lead in the series. Babar Azam and Haris Rauf made the biggest contribution to such a victory. Babar brought up the third century of his T20 International career. And Rauf took 4 wickets in the second consecutive match. In Lahore, Pakistan batted first and collected 192 runs for the loss of 4 wickets on Babar’s unbeaten innings of 101 runs. In reply, the Kiwis could not score more than 154 runs after losing 7 wickets. The opening pair of Mohammad Rizwan and Babar scored 99 runs in 10.3 overs. Rizwan returned to this run scoring 50 runs off 34 balls with 6 fours and 1 six. Then Fakhr Zaman and Saim Ayyub returned with 99 and 102 runs. After 105 runs, Imad Wasim returns with 2 runs.

From there, Babar and Iftikhar brought the team a collection of 192 runs. Babar remained unbeaten on 101 runs off 58 balls with 11 fours and 3 sixes. Which is the ninth century in a T20 career. Only Chris Gayle is ahead of him. On the other hand, Iftikhar remained unbeaten on 33 runs off 19 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes. New Zealand’s Matt Henry took 2 wickets with the ball. New Zealand deviated from the target by losing wickets at regular intervals in the run chase. Mark Chapman was the only one fighting for them. He remained unbeaten on 65 off 40 balls with 4 fours and as many sixes. Besides, Chad Bowes scored 26, Tom Latham scored 19 and Cole McConchie scored 12 runs. Rauf took 4 wickets with the ball for 27 runs in 4 overs. Centurion Babar Azam was Man of the Match.