Pakistan whitewashes New Zealand 3-0 in T20I series

Pakistan defeated New Zealand by 47 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International in Dubai on Sunday to claim another clean-sweep in the game's shortest format.

Pakistan was lifted to 166-3 by Babar Azam, who made a 58-ball 79, with seven boundaries and two sixes, while Mohammad Hafeez hit a 34-ball 53, with four boundaries and two sixes.

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When on 48, Azam became the quickest to score 1,000 Twenty20 runs in just 26 innings, beating India's Virat Kohli's record by an innings.

Leg-spinner Shadab Khan took 3-30 as New Zealand was bundled out for 119 in 16.5 overs. Pakistan won the first match in Abu Dhabi by two runs and the second by six wickets in Dubai.