Live Cricket Score | Pakistan vs Afghanistan Live Score & Commentary | PAK vs AFG Scorecard, ICC Men's T20 World Cup

24th T20I • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

Afghanistan

147/6 (20)

Pakistan

148/5 (19)

PAK won by 5 wickets

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Playing XI

Player of the Match Asif Ali

25(7)

AFG s

PAK s

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Afghanistan s

147/6 (20)

Batters

Hazratullah Zazai

0.00

c H Rauf b I Wasim

Mohammad Shahzad

88.89

c B Azam b S Afridi

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

142.86

c B Azam b H Ali

Asghar Afghan

142.86

c & b H Rauf

Karim Janat

88.24

c F Zaman b I Wasim

Najibullah Zadran

104.76

c M Rizwan b S Khan

Mohammad Nabi

(C)

109.38

Not out

Gulbadin Naib

140.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 3, W: 6)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.35)

147/6

Did not Bat

Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen ul Haq

Bowlers

EXT

5.50

6.25

9.25

9.50

5.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Hazratullah Zazai

c H Rauf b I Wasim

1-7

1.3

Mohammad Shahzad

c B Azam b S Afridi

2-13

2.4

Asghar Afghan

c & b H Rauf

3-33

4.3

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

c B Azam b H Ali

4-39

5.1

Karim Janat

c F Zaman b I Wasim

5-64

9.1

Najibullah Zadran

c M Rizwan b S Khan

6-76

12.5

Pakistan s

148/5 (19)

Batters

Mohammad Rizwan

80.00

c N Haq b MU Rahman

Babar Azam

(C)

108.51

b R Khan

Fakhar Zaman

120.00

lbw b M Nabi

Mohammad Hafeez

100.00

c G Naib b R Khan

Shoaib Malik

126.67

c M Mohammadi b N Haq

Asif Ali

357.14

Not out

Shadab Khan *

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 2)

TOTAL

(19 Ov, RR: 7.79)

148/5

Did not Bat

Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Afridi

Bowlers

EXT

3.50

9.00

7.33

12.00

6.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Mohammad Rizwan

c N Haq b MU Rahman

1-12

2.3

Fakhar Zaman

lbw b M Nabi

2-75

11.1

Mohammad Hafeez

c G Naib b R Khan

3-97

14.1

Babar Azam

b R Khan

4-122

16.6

Shoaib Malik

c M Mohammadi b N Haq

5-124

17.5

Match Info

Date & Time

29 Oct, 07:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Match

24th T20I,

ICC Men's T20 World Cup

Umpires

Chris Brown(Australia), Joel Wilson(West Indies), Langton Rusere(Zimbabwe, TV)

Referee

David Boon(Australia)

Toss

Afghanistan elected to bat

Player of the Match Asif Ali

25(7)

Commentary

Right then, Pakistan are looking an increasingly threatening side with every passing game. They have played three different opponents and came out on top with different match-winners coming to the party on every single one of those occassions. That is the hallmark of a great 'championship' winning sides. Pakistan certainly have what it takes to get hands on the trophy come November 14.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan will look to go back to the drawing board, not dwell too much on this game and come out with the fearless approach of their's against India, who they face next.

Until next time, this is Abhinav Singh, signing off on behalf of my good friend and textpert Pradeep Somashekar. We hope you had as much fun as we had bringing the coverage to you. Stay safe, stay indoors, and do get vaccinated if you haven't already. Goodbye and Goodnight!

Mohammad Nabi: We didn't start really well but the total on the board was enough. Between the wickets, we discussed that 150 will be enough. I think three spinners were enough. Asif Ali played really well. Lots of positives from today's game and we fought hard till the end

Babar Azam: Yeah, we started well with the ball as we planned. We gave away 10-15 runs too much in the end. With Shoaib Malik and Asif Ali in the middle, we knew they could get the job done. We planned our strategies in advance. The pitch was assisting spinners. The Afghanistan spinners were getting the help and they were bowling well. I wanted to take the game deep but unfortunately got out. However, credits to Asif Ali

While we wait for the post-match presentation, have a look at what the hype regarding Asif Ali is, after all the little man did some damage alright tonight!

Pakistan's Asif Ali shows what the hype is all about

Asif Ali has been adjudged the Man of the Match for his brisk cameo of 25(7) which included 4 sixes!

Asif Ali says, first of all, I'm happy that Pakistan won the match and congratulate the Pakistan fans as well. One side the spin was going in tandem and I had to target the other end, had a discussion with Shoaib as well that we can finish in one over but he got out at the wrong time. I look at the situation and the demand of it, then I concentrate who are left with the overs from which end when I go after them.

Pakistan win by 5 wickets with 6 balls to spare

24 required in final 2, one would have thought that Afghanistan will take this game till the last ball. However, Karim bowled a filthy penultimate over as Asif Ali, the powerful dasher belted the cricket ball out of the park on four separate occasions to effectively draw curtains on the game prematurely.

Afghanistan players and fans look crestfallen. Despite pushing their arch-nemesis till the very edge, they have come out as the second-best. Pakistan have three in three in the bag and they are all but through to the next stage. However, it wasn't smooth sailing by any stretch of imagination.

Afghanistan opened the bowling with spinners on both ends as Pak openers were stopped in the tracks before they could even get out. The usual maverick in Rizwan was kept quiet and eventually, he was dismissed in the third over by youngster Mujeeb Ur Rahman who bowled a sensational four-over spell with figures reading 4-0-14-1.

Skipper Nabi looked a bit off-color in his first spell, shelling 22 runs. However, he came back sharply and picked a wicket on the first ball, sending dasher Zaman back to the hut. The game was evenly poised at the moment and was setting up for a grandstand finish.

The game tilted in Afghanistan's favour as Hafeez departed on a measly score of 10, off the bowling of Rashid Khan to give another sniff of opportunity to the Afghans. With only a single over left of spin, Nabi decided to go to Rashid in the 17th over. And this is where the game momentum shifted slightly towards Pakistan.

While everyone thought that Pakistan batters will knock Rashid Khan around for singles and doubles, the veteran in Malik thought otherwise. He took the aggressive route against Khan and reaped rich dividends for it. It didn't help Rashid's cause that one of the fielders dropped a dolly and that too of Babar Azam. Eventually, Rashid had his moment as he cleaned up the Pak skipper on his final ball of the spell.

Naveen ul Haq bowled a brilliant 17th over, giving away only two runs and picking the wicket of Shoaib Malike. And the game was all but heading for the final over drama. However, Asif Ali had other plans. He dominated the inexperienced bowling of Karim Janat and ensured that his side got over the line without any hiccup.

overs

148 /5 score

runs

Asif Ali *

25 (7)

Shadab Khan

0 (1)

Karim Janat

0 /48

18.6 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! THAT'S DONE AND DUSTED! PAKISTAN WIN THREE IN A ROW! Length delivery on the outside off as Asif this time gets underneath that one and then CLUBBED that one way over the deep covers and into the stands for another maximum. One of the cleanest hitting's we've seen in a long time. WOW, TAKE A BOW ASIF ALI!

18.5 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX AGAIN! This is complete turn around from Pakistan in the last five deliveries, length delivery on the off-stump and Asif had that in the slot and then CLOBBERED it straight down the ground for another maximum!

18.4 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, nails another yorker on the wide of off-stump as Asif had to reach for it in the end and looks to squeeze it away but misses, through to the keeper.

To put it bluntly, that is a horrible ball to bowl at this stage! Nabi is giving some advice to his bowler

18.3 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX MORE! Short delivery on the off-stump and Asif gets into position and then POWERS it way over the deep mid-wicket fence for another maximum! He's repeating what he did against the Kiwis!

18.2 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, nails the wide yorker on the seventh stump line as Asif had to reach for it and looks to slice but misses, dot ball!

Asif doing what he did against New Zealand

18.1 Karim Janat to Asif Ali, SIX! HIGH AND HANDSOME! Asif Ali just like the other night is turning it on here, length delivery on the outside off, right in the slot as he sits deep inside the crease and gets underneath that, SMOKES it way over the long-off fence for a maximum! 18 runs required in 11 balls

Remember, this is the stage where Afghanistan imploded by blasting Hasan Ali. Can Pakistan emulate a similar feat? Karim Janat [3-0-24-0] to bowl the penultimate over

The Afghan bowlers were not on the money, as the spinners. However, Naveen has suddenly turned the switch and bowled an exceedingly brilliant over, conceding only two runs and picking the big-ticket wicket of Shoaib Malik. Pakistan require 24 runs in 12 deliveries

overs

124 /5 score

runs

Asif Ali

1 (1)

Shadab Khan *

0 (1)

Naveen-ul-Haq

1 /22

17.6 Naveen-ul-Haq to Shadab Khan, WHAT AN OVER FROM NAVEEN THAT! Change of pace, short into Shadab on the middle and leg as he tucks it into the on-side and takes off immediately for a single but Asif is not interested at all, sends him back as Naveen charges across to pick up and throw to the keeper who whips the bails off, the replays confirmed that Shadab is just back in time.

Shadab Khan, RHB is the new man in at no. 7

Naveen making up for the lost chances, here at the death! Afghans continue to storm back into the contest. They believe!