PAK vs AFG Full Scorecard, Afghanistan vs Pakistan in UAE 2023 Updates

3rd T20I, Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Pakistan

182/7 (20)

Afghanistan

116/10 (18.4)

PAK won by 66 runs.

Info

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Scorecard

Playing XI

Player of the Match Shadab Khan

28(17)

3/13

Player of the Series Mohammad Nabi

Pakistan Inn

182/7 (20)

Afghanistan Inn

116/10 (18.4)

Batters

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

163.64

b Ihsanullah

Sediqullah Atal

57.89

lbw b Mohammad Wasim

Ibrahim Zadran

50.00

c Mohammad Nawaz b SH Khan

Usman Ghani

88.24

c Abdullah Shafique b SH Khan

Mohammad Nabi

170.00

runout (Mohammad Haris / Tayyab Tahir)

Najibullah Zadran

0.00

Absent hurt

Karim Janat

0.00

c Mohammad Haris b Ihsanullah

Rashid Khan

(C)

114.29

c Abdullah Shafique b IM Wasim

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

0.00

lbw b SH Khan

Fareed Malik

55.56

c Mohammad Wasim b Ihsanullah

Azmatullah Omarzai *

105.00

c Tayyab Tahir b Zaman Khan

Fazalhaq Farooqi

50.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 5, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 4)

TOTAL

(18.4 Ov, RR: 6.21)

116/10

Bowlers

EXT

Imad Wasim

8.33

Zaman Khan

3.4

5.45

Ihsanullah

7.25

Mohammad Wasim

4.33

Shadab Khan

3.25

Mohammad Nawaz

11.00

Fall Of Wickets

Score

Over

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b Ihsanullah

1-35

4.4

Sediqullah Atal

lbw b Mohammad Wasim

2-37

5.4

Ibrahim Zadran

c Mohammad Nawaz b SH Khan

3-39

6.4

Mohammad Nabi

runout (Mohammad Haris / Tayyab Tahir)

4-71

10.2

Karim Janat

c Mohammad Haris b Ihsanullah

5-71

10.4

Usman Ghani

c Abdullah Shafique b SH Khan

6-73

11.2

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

lbw b SH Khan

7-73

11.4

Fareed Malik

c Mohammad Wasim b Ihsanullah

8-87

14.3

Rashid Khan

c Abdullah Shafique b IM Wasim

9-95

15.2

Azmatullah Omarzai

c Tayyab Tahir b Zaman Khan

10-116

18.4

Player of the Match Shadab Khan

28(17)

3/13

Player of the Series Mohammad Nabi

Commentary

Alright! The Afghan players pose for the shutterbugs with the trophy. It's a historic moment for them as they win their first-ever T20I series against a top 6 team. Pakistan, on the other hand, put up a thoroughly dominating performance to avoid the clean sweep but they just didn't deliver their goods with the bat in the first two matches. On that note, it's time to end the coverage here and hope you enjoyed it. Until next time, this is Pragadeesh and Pratyush saying goodbye and goodnight. See yaa

Rashid Khan (Afghanistan Captain) - Special occasion to be part of the team and lead this team. There is a great experience throughout and winning the series makes us happy but there have to improve on certain areas. I feel we struggled when the pressure is on in the past and so happy to chase scores on a couple of occasions because it was difficult to bat on this surface. I feel this is a much better wicket than the last two games but we didn't get the start that we wanted. Great preparation for us and any series after this is a great challenge and we use it as a preparation for the next world cup, which is the main goal for the team. I am going to make it hard for the batters and that's what I have been working on. I know my areas and keep hitting those to create an opening

Mohammad Nabi is the Player of the Series. Here are his thoughts: Thanks to Allah we won that series. The first two games were pressure games. It was tough conditions in there and I wanted to thank god for coming through. It's not always about big contributions. If there's an opportunity with the ball or the bat, I will be happy to do that. Every little thing matters. (Runout today) We didn't coordinate too well, and took off a bit slowly for the second run.

Shadab Khan is the Player of the Match. Here is what the Pakistan captain has to say: We wanted to finish on a high note and we've done that. We know that they have the talent and can play like that. We knew we had to adapt to the conditions and they did that well. If you play for pride, it's not difficult. I gave them one message, that we have to play for Pakistan's pride. That's what they did. The main motive of this series was to give the youngsters a chance. Hopefully, they get confidence from it as well.

Pakistan won by 66 runs
Saim Ayub 49(40) | Azmatullah Omarzai 11(19)
Shadab Khan 3-13(4) | Mujeeb Ur Rehman 2-28(4)

Pakistan would be relieved that they avoided the clean sweep eventually. This is the 36th time they manage to bowl out the team in T20Is - The most by any team in this format. There is no doubt that they were so clinical in all facets of the game today and won by a massive margin of 66 runs.

It's always going to be a tough ask to chase a score more than 180 against the fiery Pakistan pace attack and Afghanistan felt the heat throughout the innings. Ihsanullah removed the dangerous Gurbaz in the powerplay and he didn't stop with that either. He came back and wreaked havoc to the Afghan middle order - Firstly, his bumper hits Najib's chin and the southpaw was seen bleeding before he walked off the field, soon after, Janat and Fareed fell prey to his pace and lost their wickets cheaply

Shadab Khan was tough to negotiate on this wicket as he picked up three wickets. After Nabi got run out, Afghanistan crumbled under pressure and lost 4 wickets for just three runs. Rashid took Ihsanullah on and smashed a monstrous six but his stay was ended by Imad Wasim. Omarzai, who came as a concussion sub entertained the crowd but his cameo only helped the hosts to reduce the deficit of the defeat

18.4 Zaman Khan to Azmatullah Omarzai, OUT! THAT WILL BE THAT! Going searching for the yorker again and missing it ever so slightly. Omarzai couldn't get underneath it though and smacked this straight to Tahir at long-on. Pakistan win by 66 runs and avoid a clean sweep!

Azmatullah Omarzai c Tayyab Tahir b Zaman Khan 21 (20b, 2x4, 1x6)

18.4 Zaman Khan to Azmatullah Omarzai, wide. Slower oner gone wrong as he sprays it well wide. Will have to bowl that one again

18.3 Zaman Khan to Azmatullah Omarzai, into the block hole once more. Omarzai shovels it out to long-on. He's getting some batting practice here

18.2 Zaman Khan to Azmatullah Omarzai, finds the yorker outside the off-stump. Omarzai swings and misses, no run

18.1 Zaman Khan to Azmatullah Omarzai, low full toss on the middle stump. Omarzai smashes this towards deep square leg but doesn't take the single

Wasim was bowling full and due to the sheer pace of the deliveries, Omarzai couldn't get underneath the ball properly and place it in the gap

overs

115 /9 score

runs

Azmatullah Omarzai *

21 (16)

Fazalhaq Farooqi

1 (2)

Mohammad Wasim

1 /13

17.6 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, another bouncer angled into Omarzai. Pulls it to deep square leg and keeps strike

17.5 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, full and straight once more. Omarzai cracks another crisp drive to find extra cover, no run

17.4 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, full in the off-stump line and Omarzai drills it to extra cover. Only finds the fielder though, no run

17.3 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, FOUR! Digs it in short and outside the off-stump. Omarzai slaps this over extra cover and the fast outfield beats Shadab as he tried to parry it back into play

17.2 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, low full toss on the middle stump line. Omarzai backs away to drive it to mid-off, no run

17.1 Mohammad Wasim to Azmatullah Omarzai, on the good length at the middle stump line. Omarzai swings for the fences and miscues it high off the bat towards mid-off, no run

Mohammad Wasim [2-0-8-1] comes back into the attack

Though this match is done and dusted long time back, Omarzai is entertaining the crowd with some aggressive shots but unfortunately, his cameo is only going to reduce the deficit of the defeat

overs

110 /9 score

runs

Fazalhaq Farooqi *

1 (2)

Azmatullah Omarzai

16 (10)

Zaman Khan

0 /19

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