Pakistan, who hosted New Zealand for a couple of Tests and three ODIs not too long ago, are all in readiness of hosting them again for five T20Is and as many ODIs within a 24-day period starting from tonight.
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The two top international sides will kick off a rare 10-match white-ball series in modern-day cricket with the first T20I to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium. The match will be the first T20I between these two teams since the first semi-final of ICC T20 World Cup 2022 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
New Zealand, who had played in Pakistan after almost two decades a few months ago, will be playing their first-ever T20I in the country on Friday. That being said, both the teams have already played seven bilateral T20I series against each other to win three each in the past. With three of these series played in the UAE, readers must note that the Kiwis have never won a T20I series against Pakistan in Asia.
PAK vs NZ Series Live Telecast Channel in India and Pakistan
With Star Sports Network and Viacom18 occupied beyond imagination with Indian Premier League 2023, New Zealand’s tour of Pakistan 2023 will be televised in India by Sony Pictures Network.
Hence, Sony Sports 5 will be televising all the Pakistan-New Zealand limited-overs matches. Generally, Sony LIV should be live streaming these matches in the country but there hasn’t been any official confirmation from the streaming platform till now.
Speaking of the Pakistani fans, they will be able to watch and live stream Lahore T20Is on ASports and ARY ZAP respectively with no official confirmation from PTV Sports thus far. It is worth a mention that ARY ZAP won’t be charging any subscription fee from fans for this series. Fans of the Black Caps back home will be able to watch this tour on Sky Sport NZ.
Captains Babar Azam & Tom Latham chatting Ramadan, fasting & the 9pm starts this T20I series #PAKvNZ @TheRealPCB pic.twitter.com/kphrqzc4CR
— BLACKCAPS (@BLACKCAPS) April 13, 2023
With the series being played in the month of Ramadan, it is noteworthy that all the five T20Is will start late than what is the usual start time for night matches in Pakistan. A 09:00 PM start according to the local time will mean that matches will begin at 09:30 for the Indian audiences. People living in New Zealand, on the contrary, will have to adjust to an early morning 04:00 AM start.
Date – 14/04/2023 (Friday).
Match start Time – 09:00 PM (Pakistan) and 09:30 PM (India).
TV Channel – Sony Sports 5 (India), ASports (Pakistan) and Sky Sport NZ (New Zealand).
Online platform – ARY ZAP (Pakistan).
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