Before the World Cup, New Zealand will tour Pakistan, the series of 5 T-20 matches will start from April 18

Before the T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan team will play a series of 5 T20 matches. This series is very important for Pakistan before the T20 World Cup and its schedule has already been announced.

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Before the World Cup, the New Zealand team will tour Pakistan for a 5 T20 series. The T20 World Cup will be played in West Indies and America in June. The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the schedule of the T20 domestic series with New Zealand on Wednesday. The Kiwi team will tour Pakistan from April 18 to April 27. This is New Zealand's third tour to Pakistan in 17 months.

The series will start from April 18

The T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand will be played from April 18 to April 27, but the New Zealand team will reach Pakistan on April 14 for a practice session. The Kiwi team will travel to Pakistan for the third time in the last 17 months. First time went for 2 tests in December 2022, January 2023. Then in April 2023, the New Zealand team toured Pakistan for an ODI series.

Shaheen Afridi is the captain of Pakistan team

Earlier this year, Pakistan toured New Zealand and the team suffered a 4-1 defeat against New Zealand. Pakistan team under the captaincy of Shaheen Afridi could win only one T20 match. Babar Azam has left the captaincy of the Pakistan team since the ODI World Cup 2023. After that, Shaheen Afridi has been made the captain.

Pakistan vs New Zealand T20 Series Schedule

April 14 – New Zealand team will reach Pakistan
April 16-17 – Training/Practice
18 April – 1st T20 match, Rawalpindi
20 April – Second T20 match, Rawalpindi
21 April – 3rd T20 match, Rawalpindi
April 25 – 4th T20 match, Lahore
April 27 - Fifth T20 match, Lahore

The Pakistan-New Zealand five-match T20 series to be played in April 2024 will begin with three matches being played in Rawalpindi. Then the fourth and fifth T20 will be played in Lahore. Some New Zealand players will play in the Indian Premier League in the meantime. That is why there will be a change in the playing eleven of New Zealand. Because, IPL is starting from March 22. Everyone is looking forward to it. This time the 2024 IPL champion team will be found.