DUNEDIN, New Zealand, March 18, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl Tuesday in the second Twenty20 against Pakistan at University Oval in Dunedin which was reduced to 15 overs because of rain.

The home side made two changes from the side who won the first game of the five-match series by nine wickets in Christchurch on Sunday.

All-rounder Jimmy Neesham and seamer Ben Sears replaced batsman Tim Robinson and fast bowler Kyle Jamieson, who was player of the match in the first T20 for his 3-8.

Pakistan's one change was the introduction of seamer Haris Rauf for leg-spinner Abrar Ahmed.

New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Mitch Hay, Michael Bracewell (capt), Zak Foulkes, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Ben Sears

Pakistan: Mohammad Haris, Hasan Nawaz, Salman Agha (capt), Irfan Khan, Shadab Khan, Abdul Samad, Khushdil Shah, Jahandad Khan, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Ali

Umpires: Chris Brown (NZL), Wayne Knights (NZL)

TV umpire: Sam Nogajski (AUS)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)