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Pakistan’s cricket team has faced yet another setback after losing all three One Day Internationals (ODIs) against New Zealand, with the International Cricket Council (ICC) imposing a fine for a slow over-rate in the final match.
According to an ICC statement, the Pakistan team was one over short of the required rate during the third ODI, resulting in a 5 percent deduction from the match fee.
Skipper Mohammad Rizwan accepted the breach and the associated penalty.
This is not the first time during the tour that the Pakistan side has been penalized. The team was also fined in the first and second ODIs.
During the third T20I match between Pakistan and New Zealand in Auckland made history as Pakistan staged a remarkable comeback in the series, setting multiple new records along the way.
After two consecutive ducks in his first two innings, young opening batter Hassan Nawaz stole the show in the third international match by smashing a century in just 44 balls, becoming the fastest Pakistani to reach a T20 International century.
He surpassed the previous record held by Babar Azam, who had achieved the milestone in 49 balls.
Hassan’s blistering knock also made him the third-fastest batsman in the world to score a T20I century, trailing behind England’s Liam Livingstone (42 balls) and South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (43 balls).
Additionally, he joined India’s Deepak Hooda as the second-fastest batsman to score a century in the fewest career innings, reaching the milestone in just his third innings.
Only Richard Levi (South Africa), Evin Lewis (West Indies), and Abhishek Sharma (India) have achieved a century in fewer innings, doing so in their second T20I.
At just 22 years and 212 days old, Hassan Nawaz became the seventh-youngest player to score a T20I century. His explosive batting also helped Pakistan break its record for the most Powerplay runs in T20Is, scoring 75/1 in the first six overs dominated the innings, reaching 100 runs in just 8.1 overs – its fastest 100 in T20Is.
