Chapman denies New Zealand underestimated UAE after shock T20I loss

New Zealand batter Mark Chapman denied it took the United Arab Emirates (UAE) evenly after its shock loss to the minnow within the second T20 International in Dubai on Saturday.

After narrowly avoiding a defeat within the opener on Friday, the vacationer managed a below-par 142 for eight, which the UAE chased down with 26 balls to spare to register its first victory towards New Zealand in any format of the sport.

New Zealand was reeling at 65 for 5 within the twelfth over earlier than Chapman, who top-scored for his facet with a breezy 63, lent some respectability to its rating despite the fact that it was not sufficient ultimately.

The UAE captain Muhammad Waseem (55) and quantity 4 batter Asif Khan, who made a whirlwind 48, engineered a scientific chase to style its seven-wicket victory to stage the sequence 1-1.

“I think we’ve seen associate cricket is going from strength to strength,” Chapman instructed reporters after the loss, denying decreasing the guard towards a group 13 rungs decrease within the official rankings.

“The T20 World Cup in Australia highlighted that with some associate nations turning over some Test nations. It’s certainly no surprise to see the way they’ve played and the confidence they have with some really strong local tournaments here. It’s producing some good talent.”

New Zealand captain Tim Southee additionally heaped reward on their opponents.

“A lot of the credit has to go to the UAE team. They outplayed us in all three facets,” Southee stated.

“We probably didn’t learn enough from the other day, we made a few mistakes that were similar to the other day and we were made to pay for that. We just have to be bettered in all three areas.”

The third and closing T20 is scheduled afterward Sunday.