Azam, who succumbed to only nine in his 100th T20I on Friday, remunerated with a lively 58-ball 101 not out to lift Pakistan to a robust 192-4 in their 20 overs.
Rauf, who took a vocation-best 4-18 in Pakistan's 88-run win in the series opener, got done with 4-27 to confine New Zealand to 154-7.
Pakistan currently leads the five-coordinate series 2-0 with the last three matches in Lahore (April 17) and Rawalpindi (April 20 and 24).
"I'm thrilled to act in this match," said Azam, currently the joint best T20I commander with 42 successes, close by Britain's Eoin Morgan and Afghanistan's Asghar Afghan.
"I had two great associations and afterward our bowling was by and by fantastic. We have encountered energizing youthful bowlers who gave us consecutive wins."
Mark Chapman scored a doing combating 65 not out for New Zealand highlighting four fours and as a vast number, however, lost accomplices at standard spans after the travelers made a fair beginning.
Chad Bowes (26) and captain Tom Latham (19) put on 44 for the first wicket in quite a while, yet as the asking rate took off New Zealand's pursuit lost steam.
"We have been there or somewhere around there yet couldn't polish the innings off, both with the ball and bat," said Latham.
"At the point when Babar plays like that, you offer your appreciation off."
Azam was the backbone of the Pakistan innings after he won the throw and decided to bat.
He crushed six and two fours in the last over to arrive at his third T20I century, turning out to be just the 6th player to do as such in the briefest configuration at the worldwide level.
Azam put on 99 for the initial wicket with Mohammad Rizwan, who scored 50 off 34 balls.
Azam, whose thump included 11 fours and three sixes, then, at that point, added 87 for the fifth wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed, who completed 33 not out as the host group added 65 runs in the last five overs.
Subsequent to eliminating Rizwan in the eleventh over, New Zealand eased back Pakistan's charge as Matt Henry then, at that point, excused Fakhar Zaman for a duck and wrapped up with 2-29.
Saim Ayub likewise fell without scoring and Imad Wasim was out for two as Pakistan lost four wickets for only six runs in about 14 balls.
Azam began the twentieth once again on 84 and seemed as though he would end shy of a long period, however, he took the assault to James Neesham - - dispatching the last ball over cover for a four to arrive at his 10th hundred in all T20 cricket.
Just Chris Gayle of the West Indies has hit more hundreds in the configuration with 22, while India's Rohit Sharma drives the T20I to outline with four tons.
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