Pakistan team is going to tour New Zealand. When the IPL is held in India, Pakistani cricketers will play the T20 and ODI series in New Zealand. Pakistan team will start the tour with the T20 series in New Zealand. The first T20 match of the series will be played on March 16. While the 18th season of IPL will be organized in India from March 22. Pakistani players are banned from playing in the IPL. Therefore, the Pakistan Cricket Board organizes one of its series during IPL. So that its players are busy playing series during IPL.

Pakistan team's journey in the Champions Trophy ended early. The host team was eliminated from the group stage. The New Zealand team reached the final under the captaincy of Mitchell Santner where India defeated them. Pakistan's T20 team has changed completely. Mohammad Rizwan is not the captain of the T20 team. In his place, Salman Ali Agha has been given the command of the team. Babar Azam and Rizwan are not part of the T20 team.

New Zealand has also announced the team for the series against Pakistan. Michael Bracewell will lead the team in this series. Because during this time New Zealand's star players will play in the IPL. They will not be available for this bilateral series. The first T20 match of the series will be played on March 16 in Christchurch, the second on March 18 in Dunedin, the third on March 21 in Auckland, the fourth on March 23 in Mount Manugai while the fifth and last T20 of the series will be played on March 26 in Wellington.

The first two T20 matches of the series will be played at 6:45 am according to Indian time while the remaining three T20 matches will be played at 11:45 am. In India, the live telecast of this series will be on Sony Sports Network while live streaming will be available on Sony Liv.

Pakistan – Salman Ali Agha (captain), Shadab Khan (vice-captain), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Hasan Nawaz, Jahandad Khan, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Haris, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Omair Bin Yousuf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Moqim and Usman Khan.

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