Pakistan was 25/2 after 10 overs with both Imam and Hafeez off to pavilion batting first against New Zealand in second test being played in Dubai on Saturday.
Pakistan had won the toss and opted to bat in the second Test.
Both the teams are fielding the same playing XI from the first Test match.
Pakistan will be looking to bounce back from their Abu Dhabi defeat and level the series 1-1. Pakistan, set a modest 176-run target, were undone by a shambolic batting display as they lost their last seven wickets for just 41 runs after being on course for victory at 130-3.
On the other hand, the Black Caps will be looking to capitalise on their victory and seal the series.
Addressing a press conference on the eve of the second Test, Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed said, that Pakistan have left that defeat behind but recognise the shortcomings of their batting.
“What mistakes we committed we have left them in Abu Dhabi,” said Sarfraz on Friday.
“If you analyse our last eight Tests or so, our batsmen get out without playing long innings so we have spoken to them about that.”
Sarfraz said Pakistan badly need a win in the second Test.
He urged his faltering batsmen to play long innings to help their team bounce back in the second Test against New Zealand starting in Dubai on Saturday.
Since the retirement of two senior established batsmen Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq last year, Pakistan have been struggling to post big totals, especially in the run chase.
In the first test, they made heavy weather of a modest 176-run target, collapsing from 130-3 to 171 all out as New Zealand pulled off a sensational four-run win in Abu Dhabi.
Sarfraz says that Pakistan have left that defeat behind but recognise the shortcomings of their batting.
“What mistakes we committed we have left them in Abu Dhabi,” said Sarfraz on Friday.
“If you analyse our last eight Tests or so, our batsmen get out without playing long innings so we have spoken to them about that.”
Since the Younis-Misbah era Pakistan batsmen have scored only three hundreds in eight Tests, one each by Asad Shafiq (versus Sri Lanka in Dubai last year), Mohammad Hafeez and Haris Sohail (against Australia in Dubai last month).
