Pakistan were served a reality-check by New Zealand in the tri-series final on Friday, when the hosts suffered a one-sided defeat by five wickets at the National Stadium in Karachi, which comes as a jolt ahead of the Champions Trophy (CT).
Winning only one out of three matches in the tri-series, with South Africa as the third team, Pakistan have a lot to sort before their CT opener against New Zealand, who remained unbeaten in their title run to warm up for the ICC event in style.
