Pakistan outclass Afghanistan to launch tri-series campaign with victory
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Pakistan bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi celebrates after taking a wicket against Afghanistan during their UAE Tri-Series match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah on August 29, 2025. — AFP
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Pakistan opened its Tree Series journey with convincing win against Afghanistan to secure the results at Sharjah Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Chasing a difficult target of 183 runs, Afghanistan’s batting unit opened at 143 in 19.5 overs, despite the knocking of Rashid Khan.
The bowling all -rounder scored the highest score with just 16 delivery with Quick Fire 39, tied with a four and five sixes, but their efforts were insufficient to run Afghanistan for glory.
Afghanistan was in a comfortable position at the end of the seventh over because it was 60/1, batsman Rehmanullah Gurbaz dominated Pakistan’s bowling attack.
Left -arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz gave Pakistan a very important progress through a bowling Gorbaz on Monday. He made 27 balls with three fours and a six.
After his dismissal, Darwish Rasuli (21) and Sidiqullah Atal (23) tried to keep the pace, but they scored 25 runs during their third wicket partnership, which ended with the latter’s removal from Harris Rauf in the 12th over.
His dismissal gave rise to the end of the match explaining the match, which saw Afghanistan lost four more wickets for maximum runs, and as a result Rashid’s encouragement was 97/7 in 14.1 overs.
After the dismissal of the Afghan captain, Pakistan’s bowling unit quickly swept the opposition’s batting tail to win a dominant victory in the opener of his campaign.
Harsh Rauf led the bowling charge for Pakistan, he took four wickets for 31 runs in 3.5 overs, while Shaheen Shah Afridi, Sufyan Muqim and Mohammad Nawaz took away two of them.
Earlier, Salman Ali Agha’s 53 battle knocked Pakistan up to 182, and Afghanistan set a target of 183 runs.
The Green Shirts arrived at the start of a short flight in their innings when Sahibzada Farhan was killed in the third over with 26 runs on the board. The right -handed opener broke one four and two sixes while going to 21 balls.
The veteran top order batsman Fakhr Zaman then joined Sam Ayub in the middle, and he anchoring 29 runs for the other, which ended with Rashid Khan in the seventh over.
Ayub scored a careful 14 runs with two boundaries.
Pakistan lost two more wickets – Fakhar Zaman (20) and Hassan Nawaz (nine) – quickly in succession and as a result, 83/4 in 11.1 overs.
Following this reduction, Agha and all -rounder Mohammad Nawaz started retaliating on the bowlers of Afghanistan and added 53 runs for the fifth wicket in just 28 delivery.
Mujib and Rehman eventually broke the position by getting rid of Nawaz in the 16th over, which participated with 21 balls off 11 balls, including one four and two sixes.
Subsequently, before the second supply of the final over, Hard Ahmed was included in a 31 -run partnership with wicketkeeper batter batter Mohammad Herses (15).
Salman Ali Agha was the top scorer for Pakistan, with unbeaten 36 delivery with 53, three fours and more than sixes.
Farid took two wickets for Afghanistan but was expensive as he scored 47 runs in his four overs, while Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid and Mujib made a skull of a skull.
The Tree Series are being played from August 29 to September 7 and is considered as the main preparations for the next ACC Men’s T20 Asia Cup, which is scheduled to take place in the United Arab Emirates from September 9 to 28.
‘Color -coded tickets separate Pakistan, Afghan supporters’
Sharjah Cricket Stadium Pakistan-Afghanistan is alive with enthusiasm before the T20 match, as fans gather in large numbers and ticket sales are underway.
Afghan supporters are seen in more numbers than Pakistani fans, while Indian cricket enthusiasts have also returned to Afghanistan.
Organizers have compiled separate stands, pavilions and entry routes for both sets of fans. Even tickets are colorful coded-blue for Pakistani supporters and blue for Afghan fans.
Afghan supporters hope for their team’s chances against Pakistan. Despite the intense heat of Sharjah, the crowd has a high sense of cricket.
Pakistan XI: Sir Zada Farhan, Sam Ayub, Fakhr Zaman, Salman Ali Agha (Captain), Hassan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Harsh (WK), Fahim Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Harsh Rauf, Sufyan Makim
Afghanistan XI: Rehmanullah Garbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Selikullah Atal, Darwish Rasuli, Karim Paradise, Uzmatullah Umarzai, Rashid Khan (Captain), Mohammad Nabi, Mujaz Nabi, Fazalaq Farooqi
