NZ vs PAK: Why is Martin Guptill Not Playing Today’s New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Match?
Published on: Nov 9, 2022 1:07 pm IST|Updated on: Nov 9, 2022 1:18 pm IST
Martin Guptill NZ vs PAK: In a crucial news development, New Zealand’s Martin Guptill is not playing this important ICC T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final encounter against Pakistan scheduled to be held at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney. Barring a disappointing loss at the hands of England, the New Zealand team have performed amazingly well in this group stage of the T20 competition right from the dominating victory over Australia. The Kiwis finished at the top of the points table in Group 1 of this ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
NZ vs PAK: Why is Martin Guptill Not Playing Today’s New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Match?
After winning a crucial toss and opting to bat first, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson revealed that they are playing with an unchanged combination from the last game against Ireland. This also means that senior batsman Martin Guptill is once again not part of the playing 11 and this has been the story in this entire ICC T20 World Cup 2022. During the first game against Australia, New Zealand backed young Finn Allen to open the batting and he ripped apart the Aussie bowling attack right from the word go as he smashed an explosive knock of 42 runs. Allen also notched up an important cameo of 32 runs off only 18 balls against Ireland and this has made things really tough for Guptill who has been an important member of this New Zealand squad in the history of T20I cricket.
“We are gonna have a bat. Used surface, not much grass on it. We’re going with the same team. Same pitch but different I reckon. It’s important we adjust to those changing conditions and assess quickly. There are a few unknowns, important we stick to our plans. Our focus is on this game, what we want to do here and really try and express ourselves with the cricket that we’ve been playing,” said New Zealand captain Kane Williamson during the toss.
NZ Playing 11
1. Devon Conway (wk)
2. Finn Allen
3. Kane Williamson (C)
4. Glenn Phillips
5. Daryl Mitchell
6. James Neesham
7. Mitchell Santner
8. Tim Southee
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Trent Boult
11. Ish Sodhi
T20 World Cup 2022 Schedule
| Date | Match | Venue | Time | Result |
| 22 October, 2022 | Australia vs New Zealand | Sydney | 12:30 PM IST | New Zealand won by 89 runs |
| 22 October, 2022 | England vs Afghanistan | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | England won by 5 wickets |
| 23 October, 2022 | Sri Lanka vs Ireland | Hobart | 9:30 AM IST | Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets |
| 23 October, 2022 | India vs Pakistan | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | India won by 4 wickets |
| 24 October, 2022 | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Hobart | 9:30 AM IST | Bangladesh won by 9 runs |
| 24 October, 2022 | South Africa vs Zimbabwe | Hobart | 1:30 PM IST | No Result |
| 25 October, 2022 | Australia vs Sri Lanka | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | Australia won by 7 wickets |
| 26 October, 2022 | England vs Ireland | Melbourne | 9:30 AM IST | Ireland won by 5 runs |
| 26 October, 2022 | New Zealand vs Afghanistan | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | No result |
| 27 October, 2022 | South Africa vs Bangladesh | Sydney | 8:30 AM IST | South Africa won by 104 runs |
| 27 October, 2022 | India vs Netherlands | Sydney | 12:30 PM IST | India won by 56 runs |
| 27 October, 2022 | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | Zimbabwe won by 1 run |
| 28 October, 2022 | Afghanistan vs Ireland | Melbourne | 9:30 AM IST | No Result |
| 28 October, 2022 | England vs Australia | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | No Result |
| 29 October, 2022 | New Zealand vs Sri Lanka | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | New Zealand won by 65 runs |
| 30 October, 2022 | Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe | Brisbane | 8:30 PM IST | Bangladesh won by 3 runs |
| 30 October, 2022 | Pakistan vs Netherlands | Perth | 12:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 6 wickets |
| 30 October, 2022 | India vs South Africa | Perth | 4:30 PM IST | South Africa won by 5 wickets |
| 31 October, 2022 | Australia vs Ireland | Brisbane | 1:30 PM IST | Australia won by 42 runs |
| 1 November, 2022 | Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 9:30 AM IST | Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets |
| 1 November, 2022 | England vs New Zealand | Brisbane | 1:30 PM IST | England won by 20 runs |
| 2 November, 2022 | Zimbabwe vs Netherlands | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | Netherlands won by 5 wickets |
| 2 November, 2022 | India vs Bangladesh | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | India won by 5 rims |
| 3 November, 2022 | Pakistan vs South Africa | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | Pakistan won by 33 runs |
| 4 November, 2022 | New Zealand vs Ireland | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | New Zealand won by 35 runs |
| 4 November, 2022 | Australia vs Afghanistan | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | Australia won by 4 runs |
| 5 November, 2022 | England vs Sri Lanka | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | England won by 4 wickets |
| 6 November, 2022 | South Africa vs Netherlands | Adelaide | 5:30 AM IST | Netherlands won by 13 runs |
| 6 November, 2022 | Pakistan vs Bangladesh | Adelaide | 9:30 AM IST | Pakistan won by 5 wickets |
| 6 November, 2022 | India vs Zimbabwe | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST | India won by 71 runs |
| 9 November, 2022 | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Sydney | 1:30 PM IST | |
| 10 November, 2022 | India vs England | Adelaide | 1:30 PM IST | |
| 13 November, 2022 | Final | Melbourne | 1:30 PM IST |
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