NZ’s Mitchell Santner To Miss First T20I Against Pakistan, Tests Positive For Coronavirus
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner won’t highlight in the primary T20I of the five-match series against Pakistan on Friday subsequent to being tried positive for Coronavirus. The main T20I of the five-match series between New Zealand and Pakistan will happen today at Auckland’s Eden Park. New Zealand Cricket (NZC) took to X (previously Twitter) to report the insight about the all-rounder’s disease. “Mitch Santner won’t go to Eden Park tonight for the opening KFC T20I against Pakistan in the wake of testing positive for Coronavirus recently. He will keep on being observed throughout the next few days and will travel alone home to Hamilton. #NZvPAK,” tweeted NZC.
Santner is a central participant in the Kiwi T20I set-up, with 610 runs in 64 innings at a normal of 16.94, with one 50 years. He has additionally taken 105 wickets in 93 matches.
New Zealand Squad:Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Kane Williamson(c), Imprint Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, Tim Seifert(w), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Matt Henry, Adam Milne, Ben Singes.
Pakistan Squad:Mohammad Rizwan(w), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Saim Ayub, Iftikhar Ahmed, Azam Khan, Aamer Jamal, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi(c), Haris Rauf, Zaman Khan, Usama Mir, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Abrar Ahmed, Sahibzada Farhan, Abbas Afridi, Haseebullah Khan.
