17/09Result
10th Match, Group A (N), Men's T20 Asia Cup at Dubai, Sep 17 2025
Pakistan won by 41 runs
Player of the Match
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan
17/09Result
10th Match, Group A (N), Men's T20 Asia Cup at Dubai, Sep 17 2025
Pakistan won by 41 runs
Player of the Match
Shaheen Shah Afridi
Shaheen Shah AfridiPakistan

  • Pakistan Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    Sahibzada Farhan
    5
    12
    16
    0
    0
    41.66
    2.4 Another one bites the duts! Neither too short, nor too full, cramped him for room on middle, he lifts his front leg a little and tugs it away in the air, taken at long leg, Zohaib, with a juggling effort, takes it on the second attempt. Pakistan in a spot of bother, both openers back in the hut. Quite similar to the start against India. Phenomenal bowling by Junaid! 9/2
    Saim Ayub
    0
    2
    5
    0
    0
    0
    0.5 short, wide and hammered away straight into the hands of deep third, goes fishing at it, trying to slam that over the fielder's head, goes flat and doesn't get elevation. Saim woes and inconsisteny with the bat continue, going for his shots but bit unlucky on this occasion. Once again he is unable to provide a fiery start, very strong on the leg side, having some troubles negotiating with the wide tempters 3/1
    Fakhar Zaman
    50
    36
    56
    2
    3
    138.88
    13.1 around the wicket, fired it quick and follows him with a full length delivery, outsmarts him with his clever spinning methods, Fakhar goes for an inside out jab and finds the fielder at short extra cover. Huge wicket! He could have done plenty of damage in the last phase of the innings. Vital contribution but he will be gutted to mistime this shot at this critical juncture of the innings 86/4
    Agha Salman (c)
    20
    27
    35
    2
    0
    74.07
    10.6 over the wicket, backs away and goes for an inside-out carve and finds the running fielder at deep extra cover. He covered plenty of ground and took a good running catch, ball was in the air for an eternity, Haider does a great job. Another untimely wicket for Pakistan. Salman unable to locate his mojo, not batting with his usual flair on these slow wickets. It was tossed up with not much width 70/3
    Hasan Nawaz
    3
    4
    13
    0
    0
    75
    13.4 Flighted on middle and leg, fuller in length, jams the bat down and fails to connect, strong appeal for an lbw and given. Sent upstairs by H Nawaz. Let's take a look. Where it landed would be of pivotal importance. Nothing on the bat. Pitching in line, impact in line and clipping leg-stump so the on-field decision stands. Pakistan continue to lose wickets. Another short stay at the crease for Nawaz 88/5
    Khushdil Shah
    4
    6
    12
    0
    0
    66.66
    15.1 Around the wicket, fuller with a hint of turn into middle and leg, goes big and miscues the skier, holing out to deep midwicket, plenty of elevation but not enough distance. Simranjeet on fire and boy, he loved it! Another roaring celebration! Khushdil departs on four. It's going from bad to worse for Pakistan 93/6
    Mohammad Haris †
    18
    14
    28
    3
    0
    128.57
    18.5 Sashayed across his stumps for a ramp and ends up making a mess of his stumps, leg-cutter moves markedly and he plays down the wrong line, admonishes himself but makes an important contribution. Still 7 balls left in the tank, Pakistan needed his firepower. Adroitly bowled, didn't offer the pace he was looking for 128/8
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)
    4
    5
    9
    0
    0
    80
    16.5 Touch slower and fuller, slanting across middle, he's holed out to long-off! Got the toe-end part of the bat, captain Waseem tracked the ball from the bat, into the air, and then took a sprawling running catch at long-off. Made it look easy, Junaid picks his third, he has been miserly today. Pakistan going nowhere with this innings, not enough on the board 110/7
    Shaheen Shah Afridi
    not out
    29
    14
    17
    3
    2
    207.14
    Haris Rauf
    0
    1
    6
    0
    0
    0
    19.6 Deserves a promotion up the order, eh? Length ball slanted in at off, targets leg-side and ends up getting a thick deflection to deep extra cover, returns for the second, can't make the third. Pakistan huff and puff their way to 146-9, thanks to Shaheen Afridi's heroics with the bat 146/9
    Extras
    13 (lb 5, nb 1, w 7)
    TOTAL
    146/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.3)
    Did not bat: Abrar Ahmed
    Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Saim Ayub, 0.5 ov), 2-9 (Sahibzada Farhan, 2.4 ov), 3-70 (Salman Agha, 10.6 ov), 4-86 (Fakhar Zaman, 13.1 ov), 5-88 (Hasan Nawaz, 13.4 ov), 6-93 (Khushdil Shah, 15.1 ov), 7-110 (Mohammad Nawaz, 16.5 ov), 8-128 (Mohammad Haris, 18.5 ov), 9-146 (Haris Rauf, 19.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Junaid Siddique401844.5162030
    Muhammad Rohid403609133210
    D Parashar403318.2560300
    Haider Ali40280773000
    Simranjeet Singh402636.592031

  • United Arab Emirates Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    A Sharafu
    12
    8
    12
    1
    1
    150
    2.3 Dragged back onto the off-stump! Pushed it full and wide, he advances and tries to spank it through covers, ends up chopping on. Shaheen gets the big fish! They need early wickets to compensate for the lowish total 21/1
    Muhammad Waseem (c)
    14
    15
    24
    2
    0
    93.33
    4.3 slower on a length and pushed wide of off, reaches out and throws his bat at it, it was swirling away from Nawaz at cover-point, was a carrom ball, Nawaz takes a stunning catch, stretching fully and pocketing an incredible low catch. It's a massive breakthrough! He instills a lot of belief and confidence in the team and once he is dismissed, UAE often lacks the belief to turn things around 35/2
    Muhammad Zohaib
    4
    9
    15
    0
    0
    44.44
    5.3 Ayub strikes in his first over! He is on fire, not a part-time bowler anymore! Fires it quick on a length and it nipped back sharply, pegs him back and he is unable to play it through the line, stumps askew. Superb bowling! And a fiery celebration 37/3
    R Chopra †
    35
    35
    52
    1
    1
    100
    15.4 using his bat like a swinging door, running out of options! Fired in quick across off, very full, plants his front leg and doesn't clear Nawaz at deep midwicket. Chopra departs after run-a-ball 35. Lets out a frustrated scream but this was alway going to be the battle. UAE lacks power hitting resources down the order 96/6
    D Parashar
    20
    23
    40
    1
    0
    86.95
    13.6 eyeing leg-side and gets an outside edge that goes straight into the hands of the fielder charging in from deep cover, Khushdil gobbles it up. Excellent line and length, tight on off and he had to go big to keep asking rate in check 85/4
    Asif Khan
    0
    4
    4
    0
    0
    0
    14.6 Delivers the sucker punch. Quick and full on off, didn't turn much, Asif wanted to slog it over deep midwicket and ends up losing his wicket, zingers alight. Abrar with another timely breakthrough, got the danger power-hitter out of the equation as UAE innings peters out 88/5
    H Kaushik
    0
    1
    6
    0
    0
    0
    16.2 Fraction short and angled down leg, tries to whack a pull and might have got some bat on it. Shaheen is appealing for a caught behind and seems fully convinced. Close to the glove, Agha sends it upstairs for another look. Yes, it did hit his glove, clear deflection on the ultra-edge, sharp diving take from Haris to his right. Decision will be changed. 98/7
    Haider Ali
    6
    6
    11
    1
    0
    100
    17.3 Collapsing like a house of cards. Slower one on a length and just outside off, backs away, taking the bait and going for an almight heave, finds the man at midwicket. Was an off-cutter 103/9
    Simranjeet Singh
    1
    4
    4
    0
    0
    25
    17.1 Around the wicket, close to a length and tight around the line off, pulled to midwicket region, direct throw from Sahibzada Farhan might bring an end to Simranjeet's innings. He is struggling, too short of the crease and will have to take long walk back to the pavillion. 103/8
    Junaid Siddique
    not out
    0
    0
    3
    0
    0
    -
    Muhammad Rohid
    2
    1
    1
    0
    0
    200
    17.4 Good-ish length and fired in at middle, exposes his stumps and clouts it away to deep backward point for a couple. Another thunderbolt. Comical end to the match, Haris has a shy at striker's end, doesn't hit, bit of yes and no as the couple tries to squeeze another single. This time Haris gets rid of the ball quickly and the non-striker is well short of his crease. Handshakes all around, Pakistan win this match quite comfortably 105/10
    Extras
    11 (lb 3, w 8)
    TOTAL
    105 all out (17.4 Overs, RR: 5.94)
    Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Alishan Sharafu, 2.3 ov), 2-35 (Muhammad Waseem, 4.3 ov), 3-37 (Muhammad Zohaib, 5.3 ov), 4-85 (Dhruv Parashar, 13.6 ov), 5-88 (Asif Khan, 14.6 ov), 6-96 (Rahul Chopra, 15.4 ov), 7-98 (Harshit Kaushik, 16.2 ov), 8-103 (Simranjeet Singh, 17.1 ov), 9-103 (Haider Ali, 17.3 ov), 10-105 (Muhammad Rohid, 17.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    Shaheen Shah Afridi301625.33102010
    Mohammad Nawaz(3)30270942100
    Haris Rauf2.401927.1281020
    Abrar Ahmed401323.25120000
    Saim Ayub401814.5121010
    Agha Salman1091930100

Match Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Series

Men's T20 Asia Cup 2025

Toss

United Arab Emirates , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

PakistanShaheen Shah Afridi

Match number

T20I no. 3462

Season

2025

Hours of play (local time)

18.30 start, First Session 18.30-20.00, Interval 20.00-20.20, Second Session 20.20-21.50

Match days

17 September 2025 - night match (20-over match)

Umpires

AfghanistanAhmad Shah PakteenSri LankaRuchira Palliyaguruge

TV Umpires

AfghanistanIzatullah Safi

Reserve Umpire

BangladeshGazi Sohel

Match Referee

ZimbabweAndy Pycroft

Points

Pakistan 2, United Arab Emirates 0

Match Notes

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U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st21A SharafuMuhammad Waseem
2nd14Muhammad WaseemMuhammad Zohaib
3rd2R ChopraMuhammad Zohaib
4th48D ParasharR Chopra
5th3Asif KhanR Chopra
6th8R ChopraH Kaushik
7th2Haider AliH Kaushik
8th5Haider AliSimranjeet Singh
9th0Haider AliJunaid Siddique
10th2Junaid SiddiqueMuhammad Rohid