New Zealand’s Mohammad Abbas recorded a record in debut ODI, half -century in 24 balls

Pakistan -born Pakistan -born Mohammad Abbas, who made her debut for New Zealand, performed brilliantly in his first ODI match. He played a stormy innings of 52 runs in 26 balls against Pakistan, scoring 344 runs losing 9 wickets in 50 overs.

New Zealand’s innings ups and downs

The top order of New Zealand struggled at the beginning of the match, and the team lost three wickets within 50 runs. After this, Mark Chapman (132 runs) and Deril Mitchell (76 runs) handled the team by shaking a brilliant partnership of 199 runs.

After this, Mohammad Abbas made a new record of fastest fifty in debut ODI by scoring a half -century in 24 balls. Earlier this record was named after Indian all -rounder Krunal Pandya (26 balls).

Batsman who scored the fastest half -century in debut ODI:

1. 24 Ball – Mohammad Abbas (New Zealand vs Pakistan, 2025)*

2. 26 Ball – Krunal Pandya (India vs England, 2021)

3. 26 Ball – Elik Athanze (West Indies vs UAE, 2023)

4. 33 Ball – Ishaan Kishan (India vs Sri Lanka, 2021)

Pakistan’s counter -innings

Pakistan shared an 83 -run partnership for the first wicket, with Babar Azam (78 runs), Usman Khan and Mohammad Rizwan. By the 39th over, Pakistan had scored 249 runs for 3 wickets and looked in a strong position.

But after this, Pakistan’s innings collapsed, and the team was all out for 271 runs after losing 7 wickets within 22 runs. New Zealand won the match by 73 runs.

New Zealand captain Michael Bracewell’s strategy successful

Captain Michael Bracewell put his bowlers Will O’Reurki and Jacob Dafi at the right time on the attack, causing Pakistan’s batting completely collapsed. As soon as Babar Azam was dismissed, Pakistan got out of the match.

Next match:

The second ODI of the series will be played in Hamilton on Wednesday.