| 1.3 : 1.3: Imad Wasim to Hazratullah Zazai, OUT! TAKEN! The dangerous Hazratullah Zazai is gone for a duck! Tossed up, wider outside off. He goes for the slog sweep but gets the top edge. The ball goes over short third man. Haris Rauf runs after it, circles under it and takes a very good catch! A dream start for Pakistan in this game. |
| 2.2 : 2.2: Shaheen Afridi to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR! Up and over! First boundary of the game! Full ball, outside off. Mohammad Shahzad hits it over covers and the ball races to the fence. |
| 2.4 : 2.4: Shaheen Afridi to Mohammad Shahzad, OUT! TAKEN! Shaheen Afridi gets his man and the crowd goes wild! On a length again, on middle. Mohammad Shahzad looks to go over mid on but does not middle it at all. The ball goes aerially to mid on and Babar Azam takes it with ease. Afghanistan have lost both their power-hitters and this is not the start they would have wanted after winning the toss. |
| 3.1 : 3.1: Imad Wasim to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, SIX! Wow! That is such a clean strike! Tossed up, on off. Gurbaz gets low and slog-sweeps it. The ball goes miles in the air and over the deep mid-wicket fence. A top shot. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Imad Wasim to Asghar Afghan, SIX! That is out of here! Tossed up, around leg. Afghan comes down the track and whips it over the square leg fence. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Imad Wasim to Asghar Afghan, FOUR! Almost a wicket! Full ball, on the pads. Aghan flicks it aerially. The man at short fine leg dives to his left but cannot get there. The ball runs to the fence. 17 from the over, an eventful one! |
| 4.3 : 4.3: Haris Rauf to Asghar Afghan, OUT! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! Haris Rauf gets his man now! Asghar Afghan goes back after scoring only 10 runs. Length ball, around off at 143 kph, Asghar looks to work it away but gets the leading edge. The ball goes back to the bowler and Rauf takes it with ease. Phew, what an eventful game this has been so far! |
| 4.6 : 4.6: Haris Rauf to Karim Janat, SIX! Oh, my word! What a way that is to get off the mark! Short ball, outside off. Janat gets on his toes. Perhaps, he even jumps a bit and cuts it way, way over the point fence. |
| 5.1 : 5.1: Hasan Ali to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, OUT! TAKEN! Another one falls and Pakistan have the game in their firm control now. Short of a length, around off, Gurbaz goes for the pull but gets the top edge. Babar Azam runs across to his right from mid on and takes it with ease. The tactic of slogging their way out of trouble is not working for Afghanistan. One wicket apiece for all the bowlers who have bowled so far for Pakistan. Team effort. Not sure what Afghanistan are trying to achieve though. T |
| 5.2 : 5.2: Hasan Ali to Karim Janat, FOUR! Poor ball and punished! Length ball, down the leg side. Janat clips it past short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 5.6 : 5.6: Hasan Ali to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR! Cracking shot to end the Powerplay! Short of a length, outside off. Zadran cuts it past the diving point fielder for a boundary. Afghanistan have had a good start in terms of runs scored, but would have liked to lose a couple of fewer wickets. |
| 8.3 : 8.3: Shadab Khan to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR! Cheeky from Najibullah Zadran and he gets a much-needed boundary. A full toss, on middle, Zadran reverse-sweeps it behind point and the ball races away to the fence. |
| 8.6 : 8.6: Shadab Khan to Najibullah Zadran, FOUR! This time Najibullah Zadran takes full advantage. Another one down the leg side, Zadran goes deep in his crease and tucks it behind square on the leg side for a boundary. |
| 9.1 : 9.1: Imad Wasim to Karim Janat, OUT! CAUGHT! Just when a partnership was brewing between these two, Karim Janat has given his wicket away. Imad Wasim tosses this one up, outside off and Janat goes after it, looking to slog sweep. The ball bounces a bit extra and Janat gets a top edge which is skied towards the deep mid-wicket region. Fakhar Zaman is stationed over there and takes the simplest of catches. Half the Afghanistan side is back in the shed now and Wasim has his second. |
| 12.4 : 12.4: Shadab Khan to Najibullah Zadran, SIX! Najibullah Zadran has had enough of it and finally decides to break the shackles. On the pads and Zadran slog-sweeps it over the square leg fence for a biggie. The Afghan spectators in the crowd get the chance to make some noise. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Shadab Khan to Najibullah Zadran, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Six and out for Najibullah Zadran and Shadab Khan has the last laugh. Here comes the googly, on off and just turns away sharply from the left-hander. Zadran looks to open the face of the bat and guide it behind but ends up getting a faint edge. Mohammad Rizwan takes a sharp catch behind the stumps and Najibullah Zadran immediately starts to walk. The finger has also gone up. Afghanistan are in danger of getting all out inside 20 o |
| 13.1 : 13.1: Haris Rauf to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! Edgy boundary but Mohammad Nabi won't mind at all. Good-length ball, outside off. Nabi just hangs back and looks to play it really late. The ball goes off the outside edge and races away into the vacant third man boundary. |
| 13.4 : 13.4: Haris Rauf to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! A rank half volley, outside off stump. Mohammad Nabi sits deep in his crease and creams it over extra cover for a boundary. Top shot. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Hasan Ali to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! Nabi is playing a fine little knock here. Hasan Ali goes for the slower one but serves it a little too full outside off, Mohammad Nabi picks it up and smacks it over covers for a boundary. |
| 15.2 : 15.2: Shaheen Afridi to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! Fuller in length around leg at 89 mph, Gulbadin Naib picks it off his pads and clips it neatly behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 17.1 : 17.1: Hasan Ali to Gulbadin Naib, SIX! Gulbadin Naib has sent one in the stands. Short in length, outside off, Naib stays back, fetches it and dispatches it over square leg for a biggie. Smart batting, targeted the short boundary. |
| 17.2 : 17.2: Hasan Ali to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! Afghanistan are targeting this over from Hasan Ali. This one is fuller and around off, Gulbadin Naib stays deep inside the crease and whips it to the cow corner fence. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Hasan Ali to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! Hasan Ali has been taken to the cleaners in this over by Gulbadin Naib. Delivers it full and outside off, Naib gives it the full whack of his bat and smashes it down towards long on. The fielder in the deep, Shadab Khan, runs across to his right, puts in a dive but it falls wide and goes to the fence.  |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Haris Rauf to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! Streaky! Change in pace, full and around off at 76 mph, Mohammad Nabi opens up to heave it over the leg side but it takes the outside edge and beats short third man. |
| 18.4 : 18.4: Haris Rauf to Mohammad Nabi, FOUR! Afghanistan found some momentum in the last over and are riding it now. Short and around off at 130 kph, Mohammad Nabi hangs on the back foot and hammer-pulls it in front of square leg. No chance for the fielder in the deep. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Haris Rauf to Gulbadin Naib, FOUR! It's raining boundaries in Dubai. Haris Rauf tries following the batsman down the leg side, it's short and Naib nails it behind, over short fine leg, for a boundary. 15 from the over, 36 in the last two. |
| 1.6 : 1.6: Mohammad Nabi to Mohammad Rizwan, FOUR! Fine shot! Poor finish to the over from Mohammad Nabi. He bowls it down the leg side, fuller in length, Rizwan kneels and powers his sweep shot behind square leg for a boundary. |
| 2.3 : 2.3: Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Mohammad Rizwan, OUT! Rizwan holes out and the crowd rejoice! Floated delivery, full and around middle, Mohammad Rizwan goes down on one knee for his favourite slog sweep but fails to pack his shot with enough power and elevation. It goes to deep square leg, Naveen-ul-Haq is stationed there, he maintains his balance and composure near the boundary line and judges the catch superbly. A rare flop show from Rizwan. |
| 3.5 : 3.5: Mohammad Nabi to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! Aerial and just over the mid-wicket fielder. Floated and around off, Fakhar Zaman goes down on one knee and slog-sweeps it across the line. It beats the in-ring fielder's jump and races behind for a boundary. |
| 3.6 : 3.6: Mohammad Nabi to Fakhar Zaman, SIX! High and handsome! No stopping this one. Flighted delivery, full and around off, Fakhar Zaman wears his dancing shoes to reach the pitch of the ball and clobbers it over wide long on for a biggie. 14 from the over! |
| 5.4 : 5.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Fakhar Zaman, FOUR! Easy pickings! Naveen-ul-Haq loses his radar as he tries to bowl a pacy delivery. Clocks 130 kph but drifts a full ball down the leg side, Fakhar Zaman gets enough bat behind it and sends it screaming away wide of short fine leg for a boundary. |
| 8.1 : 8.1: Naveen-ul-Haq to Babar Azam, FOUR! Up and over from Babar Azam and the 50 is up for Pakistan. Full and wide, almost a half volley, Azam just slaps it over the point region and the ball races away into the fence. |
| 8.4 : 8.4: Naveen-ul-Haq to Babar Azam, FOUR! Second boundary in the over and Babar Azam looks to have found his rhythm. A length ball, outside off stump. Azam just beautifully guides it past short third man and finds the fence. |
| 9.6 : 9.6: Karim Janat to Babar Azam, FOUR! Banged in short, with not much pace on it and outside the off stump. Babar Azam just waits for it and ramps it over the keeper and into the third man fence for another boundary. |
| 11.1 : 11.1: Mohammad Nabi to Fakhar Zaman, OUT! LBW! Well, it's not the wicket of Babar Azam but Fakhar Zaman is an equally big scalp. The skipper comes back on to bowl and gets the breakthrough right away. Mohammad Nabi angles it in from around the stumps and Fakhar Zaman gets down on one knee to sweep it away. Zaman misses and gets hit on the back thigh. The umpire raises his finger after thinking for a while and Pakistan review it again. UltraEdge confirms that there's no bat on it and this t |
| 11.4 : 11.4: Mohammad Nabi to Mohammad Hafeez, FOUR! Slow and just outside off. Mohammad Hafeez stays deep in his crease looking to cut it away but gets an outside edge. Asghar Afghan gives chase from short third man but the ball beats him to reach the fence. |
| 12.5 : 12.5: Rashid Khan to Babar Azam, FOUR! Edgy boundary but Babar Azam will take it. Rashid Khan is quicker through the air this time and bowls it a touch flatter, on off, Babar Azam looks to punch off the back foot but gets an outside edge, past the first slip fielder and the ball races away into the third man fence. |
| 14.1 : 14.1: Rashid Khan to Mohammad Hafeez, OUT! TAKEN! A century of wickets for Rashid Khan in T20Is and he is the fastest to this feat! This is another googly, around off. Hafeez gets low and looks to slog-sweep it but gets the top edge. The man from long on runs forward and takes it with ease. An easy catch for Gulbadin Naib and he celebrates it by flexing his biceps. Afghanistan are clawing back in this game. 51 needed in 35 balls. |
| 15.5 : 15.5: Karim Janat to Shoaib Malik, FOUR! Punished! Malik shimmies to the leg side a bit and Janat bowls a short and wide one. Malik cuts it hard past point for a boundary. |
| 16.2 : 16.2: Rashid Khan to Shoaib Malik, SIX! High and handsome! Flatter ball, wide outside off. Malik gets low and then hammers it way, way over the long on fence. A quality stroke. We all were thinking that Pakistan would look to knock it around in this over and see off Rashid but Shoaib has other plans. He hit that ball on merit. |
| 16.6 : 16.6: Rashid Khan to Babar Azam, OUT! BOWLED! He gets the big fish! Rashid Khan, you beauty! A quicker googly, on off. Azam looks to slog-sweep but misses the ball completely. The ball crashes onto the stumps and Rashid Khan takes off in celebration! This could be the turning point of the chase. 26 needed off 18 balls. |
| 17.5 : 17.5: Naveen-ul-Haq to Shoaib Malik, OUT! CAUGHT BEHIND! Naveen-ul-Haq has done what his captain would have wanted from him! He bowls a length ball, wide outside off. The eyes of Shoaib Malik light up and he goes for the booming drive. But all he gets is the outside edge and Mohammad Shahzad takes an easy catch. 24 needed in 13 balls now and the lower order of Pakistan will be tested here. |
| 18.1 : 18.1: Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! BOOM! In the slot and Asif Ali punishes it! On a length, outside off. Asif Ali sits back in his crease and frees his arms to send the ball sailing over the long off fence. Great start to the 19th over for Pakistan. |
| 18.3 : 18.3: Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! Karim Janat misses the mark and gets pumped again! Slower and shorter, outside off. Asif Ali heaves it over the mid-wicket fence. This is quality hitting by Asif Ali. He did it against the Kiwis. Can he do it here too? |
| 18.5 : 18.5: Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! So, the over so far as been - six, dot, six, dot, six! On a length, on off. Asif Ali hits it straight down the ground for another maximum. This should seal the deal for Pakistan. |
| 18.6 : 18.6: Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! THERE IT IS! Scintillating hitting from Asif Ali and this is why he did not take the single in the previous over! On a length again, outside off. He sends the ball sailing over the cover fence. Pakistan win by 5 wickets! |
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