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Haris Rauf took 4 wickets for Pakistan.
In the first match of the Tri -series, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 39 runs. Prior to the Asia Cup 2025, this T20 tri-series is being played between Pakistan, Afghanistan and UAE.
In Sharjah, the team scored 182 runs after batting first by Pakistan captain Salman Agha’s half -century innings. Farid Ahmed from Afghanistan took the most 2 wickets.
On Friday, Afghanistan, captained by Rashid Khan, was all-out for 143 runs in 19.5 overs. Rashid Khan scored 39 runs on 16 balls. Haris Rauf took 4 wickets from Pakistan. Pakistan will play the next match against hosts UAE on Saturday.
Agha put 8th fifty Pakistan won the toss and chose batting. Salman Agha put 8th fifty in T20I. He was also adjudged Player of the Match. Salman played a brilliant innings of 53 runs in 36 balls, while Mohammad Nawaz added 21 runs in 11 balls. Sahibzada Farhan scored 21 and Fakhar Zaman scored 20 runs. Agha has so far scored 433 runs in 21 T20I.
Salman Aha is the captain of Pakistan.
Farid got 2 wickets
Farid Ahmed performed best for Afghanistan. He took 2 wickets for 47 runs. At the same time, Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, Mujib ur Rehman and Ajmatullah Umarjai took one wicket each. Rashid Khan completed 64 wickets in the 50th T20I for Afghanistan.
Rashid Khan’s innings did not work Afghanistan started well. Opener Rahmunullah Gurbaz batting brilliantly and scored 38 runs on 27 balls. In the lower order, Rashid Khan played a fast innings of 39 runs in 16 balls, but could not win. His innings included 5 sixes. Apart from these two, no batsman could stand.
Rauf took 4 wickets for the fifth time In the 12th over of Haris Rauf, the double-vick medane overturned the match. He took 5 wickets in 16 balls and forced the opposition team to lose 5 wickets for just 6 runs. Rashid Khan could not return to Afghanistan despite batting. Haris Rauf took 4 wickets for the fifth time in his T20I career. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz and Sufiyan Mukim took two wickets each.