Dubai
\nFakhar Zaman\u2019s half-century and Shaheen Shah Afridi\u2019s late blitz helped Pakistan post a competitive target of 147 runs for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the must-win match in the Asia Cup 2025 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, on Wednesday.
\nPut into bat first, Pakistan accumulated 146\/9 in their allotted 20 overs.
\nThe Green Shirts got off to a dismal start to their innings as Junaid Siddique dismissed both their openers \u2013 Saim Ayub (zero) and Sahibzada Farhan (five) \u2013 in his first two overs with just nine runs on the board.
\nFollowing the double setback, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha joined experienced Fakhar Zaman in the middle, and the duo anchored the innings by putting together 61 runs for the third wicket until the former fell victim to Dhruv Prashar in the 11th over.
\nAgha remained a notable run-getter for Pakistan with a cautious 20 off 27 deliveries with the help of two boundaries.
\nFakhar then knitted a one-sided 16-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Hasan Nawaz (three) until eventually falling victim to Simranjeet in the 14th over.
\nThe left-handed batter remained the top-scorer for Pakistan with 50 off 36 deliveries, studded with two fours and three sixes.
\nHis dismissal sparked a collapse, which saw Pakistan lose three more wickets at regular intervals and consequently slip to 110\/7 in 16.5 overs.
\nWicketkeeper batter Mohammad Haris (18) then made handy contributions before Shaheen Shah Afridi\u2019s last-over blitz bolstered Pakistan\u2019s total past the 140-run mark.
\nThe number nine batter smashed three fours and two sixes on his way to an unbeaten 29 off 14 deliveries.
\nRight-arm pacer Junaid Siddique was the pick of the bowlers for UAE, taking four wickets for just 18 runs in his four overs, followed by Simranjeet Singh with three, while Dhruv Prashar chipped in with one scalp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dubai Fakhar Zaman\u2019s half-century and Shaheen Shah Afridi\u2019s late blitz helped Pakistan post a competitive target of 147 runs for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the must-win match in the Asia Cup 2025 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, on Wednesday. Put into bat first, Pakistan accumulated 146\/9 in their allotted 20 overs. The …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86932,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86921\/revisions\/86932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nabanews.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}