🏏T20 Asia Cup 2025: UAE vs Pak, 10th Match, Group A at Dubai🏏 - Page 13

19.3

Muhammad Rohid Khan to Shaheen Afridi, FOUR, to fine leg

Muhammad Rohid Khan to Shaheen Afridi, FOUR, how crucial are these runs.

19.2

Muhammad Rohid Khan to Shaheen Afridi, SIX, the hitting from Shaheen continues to impress! Full on the pads, not quite in the blockhole but not too far either, and yet Shaheen whips it over the ropes behind square

19.1

Muhammad Rohid Khan to Shaheen Afridi, SIX, launched down the ground! Shaheen showing up with the bat again. Slower one floated up just outside off, he frees the arms, gets under it and smokes it

Pak finishes with 146

Target 147 for UAE to win

Shaheen Afridi has given himself and the rest of the bowlers something to work with. An 18-run final over has taken Pakistan up to 146/9 - it's not much but from the position they were in, it's at least a fighting total. The UAE bowlers were superb today, right from Junaid Siddique who picked up his second straight four-fer to Simranjeet Singh who bowled brilliantly through the middle to pick up three. Pakistan lost a couple of wickets early in the powerplay and they struggled for momentum ever since. Fakhar Zaman's 36-ball 50 kept them afloat before Shaheen's 14-ball 29 renewed just a bit of hope in what was otherwise a very dismal batting performance. Remember, this is a do-or-die fixture for both and the UAE's primary goal will be not to crumble under the pressure. If they bat sensibly, they should chase this down quite comfortably.

Pakistan finish with 146-9. They never looked like getting past 140, with wickets falling at frequent intervals, struggling against spin in the middle overs and pace in the powerplay. Junaid and Simranjeet were outstanding for UAE, right on top of their game and stepping up on the big occasion. Pakistan would have liked 20-30 more runs but once again they were lacklustre with the bat--no real fiery knock. Lack of intensity and skill on show against quality spin

Junaid Siddique in this AC 2025
1/16 (1) vs IND
4/23 (4) vs OMAN
4/18 (4) vs PAK

Mohammad Haris batting at No.4 or below in T20Is
Inns: 10
Runs: 94
Avg: 10.44
SR: 117.5
HS: 31

Best bowling figures by pacers in the T20 Asia Cup

5/4 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs AFG, Dubai, 2022

4/18 - Junaid Siddique vs PAK, Dubai, 2025*

4/23 - Junaid Siddique vs OMAN, Abu Dhabi, 2025*

4/26 - Lasith Malinga vs UAE, Mirpur, 2016

4/26 - Bhuvneshwar Kumar vs PAK, Dubai, 2022

4/24 - Pramod Madushan vs PAK, Dubai, 2022

STATS:

UAE's bowling today
Pace: 4/54 in 8 overs, ER: 6.75
Spin: 4/87 in 12 overs: ER: 7.25

Pakistan innings progression
Overs 1-6: 39/2 (RR: 6.5)
Overs 7-15: 54/3 (RR: 6.0)
Overs 16-20: 53/4 (RR: 10.6)

Shaheen Afridi’s batting in overs (16-20) in this AC
Runs: 64
Balls: 31
SR: 206.45
4s/6s: 3/6

Sunil Kumar: Those are important runs by Shaheen. Seems he has taken game away from the hosts. Clean hitting.

Tour Tickler: Shaheen again was on a mission to rescue PAK. Such is the condition of their batters.