Guptill
hurt
his
toe
after
being
hit
by
a
Haris
Rauf
delivery
during
his
side’s
five-wicket
loss
to
Pakistan
here
on
Tuesday
night
at
Sharjah.

New
Zealand
head
coach
Gary
Stead
said
Guptill,
who
scored
17
runs
from
20
balls
before
being
cleaned
up
by
Rauf,
was
not
feeling
comfortable
after
the
match.
“Guptill
was
looking
in
a
little
bit
of
discomfort
at
the
end
of
the
match
and
the
next
24
to
48
hours
will
be
decisive,”
Stead
told
reporters
after
the
match.

“We’ll
see
how
he
scrubs
up
overnight.
He
looked
in
a
little
bit
of
discomfort
at
the
end
of
the
game
and
it
might
take
24
to
48
hours
to
see
how
he
goes.”

If
Guptill
is
ruled
out
of
the
India
clash,
it
will
be
a
big
blow
for
the
Kiwis,
who
had
lost
their
pace
spearhead,
Lockie
Ferguson,
before
the
Pakistan
match
due
to
a
calf
muscle
injury.

New
Zealand
named
Adam
Milne
as
Ferguson’s
replacement,
who
has
been
ruled
out
of
the
tournament,
in
the
squad.
Playing
their
first
match
of
the
tournament,
New
Zealand
were
restricted
to
134
for
8
after
being
invited
to
bat
and
Pakistan
chased
down
the
small
target
in
18.4
overs
to
claim
their
second
win
in
as
many
matches.

The
win
placed
Pakistan
on
top
of
the
Group
2
points
table
and
Stead
feels
New
Zealand’s
next
match
against
India
in
Dubai
on
Sunday
will
be
crucial
if
the
team
has
to
qualify
for
the
semifinals.

“You
would
imagine
that
Pakistan
are
now
the
hot
favourites
in
our
group
to
be
the
number
one
seed
and
the
rest
of
us
are
fighting
it
out
for
the
next
spot,
which
makes
the
India
game
pretty
critical,”
said
the
coach.

“You
sometimes
have
to
lose
one
to
find
out
the
important
things
for
you.
If
we
can
go
and
beat
India
then
we
certainly
put
ourselves
back
on
the
right
track.”

New
Zealand
enjoy
a
100
per
cent
win
record
over
India
in
the
T20
World
Cup
and
would
be
looking
for
another
such
show.

(With
PTI
inputs)