TAURANGA, New Zealand, March 23, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl in the fourth Twenty20 against New Zealand in Mount Maunganui on Sunday as they bid to square the five-match series.

Captain Salman Agha's decision was no surprise, given that the chasing team has comfortably won each of the first three games of the series.

New Zealand made two changes from the team that lost the third match in Auckland on Friday by nine wickets, leaving Pakistan trailing 2-1.

Both are to their seam attack, with Zak Foulkes and Will O'Rourke replacing Kyle Jamieson and Ben Sears.

Pakistan are unchanged from the team that won at Eden Park, highlighted by opener Hasan Nawaz's maiden century of 105 not out off 45 balls.

New Zealand: Tim Seifert, Finn Allen, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Hay, Michael Bracewell (capt), Ish Sodhi, Zak Foulkes, Jacob Duffy, Will O'Rourke

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

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

TV umpire: Kim Cotton (NZL)

Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL)