PAK vs AFG, UAE T20I Tri-Series: Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 39 runs in the first match of the tri-series being played between three countries in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this match, Afghanistan's batting was a complete flop.
A tri-series is being played between United Arab Emirates (UAE), Pakistan and Afghanistan before the Asia Cup 2025. In the first match of this series, Pakistan has registered a big win against Afghanistan. He started this series with a win by defeating his neighboring country by 39 runs. In this match, Afghanistan's batting was a complete flop. He lost his five wickets in just 20 balls. During this, he scored only 4 runs. Pakistan's fast bowler Haris Rauf sent 4 players of Afghanistan to the pavilion in just 23 balls and put the match in Pakistan's bag.
Afghanistan's poor batting
In the first match of the tri-series, Afghanistan's team, chasing the target of 183 runs, batted very poorly. At one time, Afghanistan had reached a strong position by scoring 93 runs for 2 wickets in 11 overs, but in the 12th over, Pakistan's fast bowler Haris Rauf took two wickets of Afghanistan and turned the match in Pakistan's favor. After this, the Afghanistan team completely faltered and lost its five wickets within 20 balls. During this time the team was able to score only 4 runs.
Rashid Khan also could not save the team from defeat
After losing 5 wickets at the score of 97, captain Rashid Khan tried to handle the team, but he could not make the team win and the entire Afghanistan team was out after scoring 143 runs in 19.5 overs. Rashid Khan scored the highest 39 runs in 16 balls with the help of 5 sixes and 1 four. Sadiullah Atal played an innings of 23 runs in 19 balls. Wicketkeeper batsman Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored 38 runs in 27 balls with the help of 1 six and 3 fours.
For Pakistan, Haris Rauf took 4 wickets for 31 runs in 3.5 overs. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz and Shufiyan Muqim got two wickets each. Earlier, Pakistan captain Salman Agha hit a fifty in this match.
Pakistan captain hits a fifty
Pakistan team, who came to bat first against Afghanistan, started off well and added 26 runs in 15 balls for the first wicket. After this, Sabijana Farhan got out. He scored 21 runs in 10 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 1 four. After this, Sam Ayub (14) and Fakhar Zaman (20) took the team's score beyond 50 runs. After the dismissal of both of them, captain Salman Agha took charge of the team and played a brilliant half-century innings. He scored an unbeaten 53 runs in 36 balls with the help of 3 fours and 3 sixes.
Mohammad Nawaz played a quick innings of 21 runs in 11 balls with the help of 2 sixes and 1 four. In this way, Pakistan team managed to score 182 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Farid Ahmed took two wickets for Afghanistan. Mujeeb ur Rahman, Azmatullah Umarzai, Mohammad Navi and captain Rashid Khan took one wicket each.