Toss New Zealand chose to bowl vs Pakistan
In addition, Adam Milne was slotted into the XI in place of Ish Sodhi, who has been rested. This is Milne’s 50th T20I.
New Zealand have already taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. They’ve batted first each time posting scores of 224, 194 and 226. The fourth and fifth T20Is will be staged in Christchurch.
Meanwhile, NZC announced that bowling coach Andre Adams also tested positive for Covid-19 and will also remain at the team’s hotel. Canterbury men’s development coach Brendon Donkers will join the team to help out in Adams’ place.
New Zealand: 1 Finn Allen, 2 Tim Seifert (wk), 3 Will Young, 4 Daryl Mitchell, 5 Glenn Philipps, 6 Mark Chapman, 7 Mitchell Santner (capt), 8 Adam Milne, 9 Matthew Henry, 10 Tim Southee, 11 Lockie Ferguson
Pakistan: 1 Saim Ayub, 2 Mohammad Rizwan (wk), 3 Babar Azam, 4 Fakhar Zaman, 5 Sahibzada Farhan, 6 Iftikhar Ahmed, 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Shaheen Afridi (capt), 9 Mohammad Wasim Jr, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Zaman Khan