New Delhi. Pakistan also took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the 5-match series by defeating New Zealand by 26 runs in the third ODI played in Karachi. In this match, while batting first, Pakistan scored 287 runs losing 6 wickets in 50 overs. Chasing this target, the New Zealand team could only score 261 runs in 49.1 overs. For Pakistan, opener Imam-ul-Haq scored 90 runs and captain Babar Azam scored a half-century. Apart from these two, no batsman could play a big innings. Despite Pakistan’s victory, Danish Kaneria criticized his own team’s slow batting. Kaneria said that even against a weak team, we could not score 300 runs in 50 overs. Except 3-4 batsmen, no one else is scoring runs.

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Apart From Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, No Batsman has Scored Runs in this Series

Danish Kaneria said on his YouTube channel, apart from Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, no batsman has scored runs in this series. If you are facing a weak team, then you should score at least 350-400 runs. Are they playing tuk-tuk cricket?

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Had Surya-Ishaan Been There, We Would have Scored a Double Century: Kaneria

He further said, “Pakistan’s batting was so slow that I felt like watching the match by fast forward. Imam scored 90 runs in 107 balls. If Suryakumar Yadav and Ishaan Kishan had played 107 balls, both would have scored a double century.

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If we talk about this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to field first. Thanks to Imam-ul-Haq’s 90 and Babar Azam’s 54, Pakistan scored 287 runs in 50 overs at the loss of 7 wickets. Chasing this target, Tom Blundell and Will Young got off to a good start for New Zealand. Both had added 83 runs for the first wicket. But, Young was run out on the score of 33 runs. After this, Daryl Mitchell and Young also got out quickly. The Kiwi team could not recover from these shocks. McConchi, who came out to bat at number 7, scored an unbeaten 64. But, he too could not avoid the defeat of the Kiwi team. Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah took 2-2 wickets.