UAE vs NZ 1st T20I: The 3-match T20 series between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and New Zealand began on 17 August. The first match was very exciting in which the Kiwi team finally won the match by 19 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Something was seen in this match which has not been seen in the history of T20 international cricket till now. In fact, in this match, both the teams lost their wickets on the first ball of their innings.
For the first time in the history of T20 international cricket, this was seen in a match when both the teams lost wickets on the first ball of their innings. The New Zealand team got the chance to bat first in the match and they were given the first blow by Junaid Siddiqui by getting the wicket of Chad Bose. At the same time, the UAE team got a shock in the form of captain Mohammad Wasim on the first ball of the innings, who was made his victim by Kiwi captain Tim Southee.
And now, New Zealand get a wicket on their first ball! Both teams get wickets in the innings’ first delivery! Could well be a T20I record?
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,#UAEvNZ pic.twitter.com/NGRRo7fnaS— FanCode (@FanCode) August 17, 2023
A wicket off the 1st ball in the 1st ever T20 between UAE and New Zealand.
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,#UAEvNZ pic.twitter.com/5YmoWcLP6F— FanCode (@FanCode) August 17, 2023
This match saw the debut of 18-year-old wicket-keeper batsman Aryansh Sharma in T20 International from UAE and he played a brilliant inning of 60 runs in 43 balls in his very first match. Aryansh has now become the first player to play a half-century in T20 International as a wicketkeeper in a debut match.
Kiwi captain Tim Southee showed amazing with the ball
Talking about the first T20 match of the series, the New Zealand team, batting first, scored 155 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs with the help of Tim Seifert’s 55 runs. In response, the UAE team was reduced to 136 runs in 19.4 overs. Kiwi captain Tim Southee took 5 wickets showing amazing with the ball. Apart from this, Mitchell Santner and Jimmy Neesham also took 2-2 wickets. Now the second T20 match of the series between the two teams will be played on 19 August.
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