High Risk- Good Returns
 

Tim Seifert: He scored 57 off 43 balls in last T20I match at SR of 132.56
 

Mohammad Hafeez: His batting average against NZ in T20Is is 31.69 and SR is 130.79, He has scored 412 T20I runs against NZ in 15 innings
 

Haider Ali: He has scored 157 runs in 5 T20I matches played at SR of 144.04 
 

X-factor Picks
 

Martin Guptill: He has scored 318 runs in 6 innings at an average of 63.60 at Seddon Park, Hamilton in T20Is
 

Glenn Phillips: He has scored 153 runs in his last 3 innings, with one century scored
 

Usman Qadir: He has taken 8 wickets in 3 T20Is played
 

Must-Haves
 

Kane Williamson: His scores in his last 2 T20 matches are 67, 50*
 

Trent Boult: He has taken 2 wickets each in last 3 T20 matches played, total 8 wickets in last 3 matches
 

Shadab Khan: His runs scored/ wickets taken in last 3 T20 matches are 42/0, 48*/1, 42*/2
 

Harris Rauf: He has taken 2 wickets each in last 4 T20 matches played, total 10 wickets in last 4 matches
 

Shaheen Afridi: He has taken 2 wickets each in 3 out of last 4 T20 matches played
 

Scott Kuggeleijn: His bowling figures in last 3 T20 innings are 3/27, 1/30, 2/12
 

Squad:

New Zealand:

Kane Williamson (C), Todd Astle, Trent Boult, Devon Conway, Martin Guptill, Kyle Jamieson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Daryl Mitchell,James Neesham,Glenn Phillips,Tim Seifert (WK),Ish Sodhi,Tim Southee

Pakistan:

Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Abdullah Shafique, Haider Ali, Mohammad Hafeez, Shadab Khan (c), Khushdil Shah, Imad Wasim, Faheem Ashraf, Wahab Riaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Hasnain, Sarfaraz Ahmed