Batting first against UAE, Pakistan put 207 runs on the board. With this, they beat Sri Lanka and Nepal in terms of scoring the most 200 plus runs while batting first in T20I.

Pakistan won its second consecutive match by defeating UAE by 31 runs in the second match of the tri-series. With this win, the chances of Pakistan reaching the final have increased to a great extent. Batting first against UAE, Pakistan put 207 runs on the board. With this, they beat Sri Lanka and Nepal in terms of scoring the most 200 plus runs while batting first in T20I. UAE, while chasing the target of 208 runs, could only score 176 runs in the stipulated 20 overs. The hero of Pakistan's victory was Sam Ayub who played a brilliant innings of 69 runs in 38 balls.

After winning the toss and batting first, Sam Ayub hit a quick half-century for the Pakistan team, while apart from him Hasan Nawaz played a brilliant innings of 56 runs in 26 balls with a strike rate of 215.38. On the strength of these two players, the Pakistan team managed to cross 200.

This is the 12th time in T201 when Pakistan scored more than 200 while batting first. With this, they surpassed Sri Lanka and Nepal who did this feat 11-11 times. India is at number-1 in this list, who scored more than 200 while batting first 32 times.

Teams that scored the most 200+ runs while batting first in T201-

22 - New Zealand

17 - West Indies

16 - South Africa

15 - Australia

14 - England

12 - Pakistan*

11 - Sri Lanka

11 - Nepal

Chasing the target of 208 runs, UAE captain Mohammad Wasim scored 33 runs in 18 balls and Asif Khan scored 77 runs in 35 balls, but they could not make UAE win and the team could only score 176 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs.