Sports April 22, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Mohammad Rizwan (82 not out), who played yet another match-winning innings to guide Pakistan to a narrow 11-run win in the first T20I against Zimbabwe, said that changed conditions Wednesday made the task tougher for his team. In an online interview from Zimbabwe after receiving the man-of-the-match award, Rizwan said playing in totally changed conditions always remains a difficult task for every squad. “We were wary of the conditions knowing well that these surfaces are totally different to that in South Africa. That exactly happened here as we struggled to get runs when we were put into bat first. We wanted to bowl first because we did not have a clue about nature of the pitch. Zimbabwe pitches are quite different. Here a score of around 170 can easily be billed as match-winning. Usually, you find a double pace wicket here where big-hitting becomes all the more difficult. Our batsmen struggled to hit big shots because of the awkward bounce.”