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Pakistan will face New Zealand at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in a must-win situation after beating Bangladesh in Kolkata. On the other hand, New Zealand also desperately needs to win this game and ensure their semi-final spot is safe, as they have lost three games in a row against India, Australia and South Africa, respectively. Pakistan were also on a four-match losing streak until they defeated Bangladesh, hence, it will be interesting to see who will come out on top in this game.
Numbers and Stats ahead of NZ vs PAK game:
0 - New Zealand have never won an ODI game at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
New Zealand in ODIs at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru:
Lost to India by 16 runs in 1987 World Cup
Lost to India by eight wickets in the 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup
Lost to India by five wickets in 2010
2 - Trent Boult needs two more wickets to complete the milestone of picking 600 wickets in International Cricket.
Most Wickets for New Zealand in International Cricket:
Tim Southee - 730
Daniel Vettori - 696
Trent Boult - 598
3 - Fakhar Zaman has smashed three consecutive centuries in ODIs against New Zealand earlier in this calendar year.
Fakhar Zaman vs New Zealand in ODIs:
56(74) in Karachi, 2023
0(7) in Karachi, 2023
101(122) in Karachi, 2023
117(114) in Rawalpindi, 2023
180*(144) in Rawalpindi, 2023
19(26) in Karachi, 2023
14(17) in Karachi, 2023
33(64) in Karachi, 2023
4 - If New Zealand beats Pakistan, then Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and England will get knocked out of the ODI World Cup 2023 along with Bangladesh.
5 - Daryl Mitchell needs two more runs to become the fifth player to complete 1000 ODI runs in a calendar year for New Zealand.
Most ODI runs in a calendar year for New Zealand:
Martin Guptill - 1489 in 2015
Kane Williamson - 1376 in 2015
Roger Twose - 1067 in 2000
Ross Taylor - 1046 in 2015
Daryl Mitchell - 998 in 2023
5 - Pakistan have won the last five out of eight ODI games played against New Zealand in this calendar year (2023).
Pakistan vs New Zealand in 2023 ODIs:
New Zealand won by a 2-1 (3) margin in Jan 2023 (A)
Pakistan won by a 4-1 (5) margin in Apr/May 2023 (H)
All these 8 ODI games were played at Karachi and Rawalpindi.
New Zealand defeated Pakistan by five wickets at Hyderabad in the warm-up game of the ODI World Cup 2023.
6 - Trent Boult needs one more wicket to become the sixth bowler to pick 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup.
Most wickets by a bowler in the World Cup:
Glenn McGrath - 71
Muralitharan - 68
Lasith Malinga - 56
Mitchell Starc - 56
Wasim Akram - 55
Chaminda Vaas - 49
Trent Boult - 49
7 - Pakistan have an upper hand against New Zealand in ODI World Cup clashes.
Pakistan vs New Zealand in ODI WC:
Played - 9
Pakistan - 7
New Zealand - 2
New Zealand defeated Pakistan once in the 1983 WC and once in the 2011 WC.
52 - Tom Latham needs 52 more runs to complete 4000 runs in his ODI career.
1000 - Mohammad Rizwan and Babar Azam need 13 and 39 more runs to complete 1000 ODI runs in this calendar year (2023).
Most ODI runs in 2023:
Shubman Gill - 1426 (25 inns)
Pathum Nissanka - 1108 (27 inns)
Rohit Sharma - 1060 (22 inns)
Virat Kohli - 1054 (20 inns)
Daryl Mitchell - 998 (22 inns)
Mohammad Rizwan - 987 (22 inns)
Babar Azam - 961 (22 inns)
