In the first T20 match of the three-nation series, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 39 runs. In the first match of the event played in Sharjah, Pakistan won the toss and scored 182 runs for 7 wickets while batting.
Captain Salman Ali Agha played an unbeaten innings of 53 runs while Sahibzada Farhan and Mohammad Nawaz playing outstanding with 21 and 21 runs, Fakhar Zaman scored 20 runs. Chasing 183 runs, Afghanistan’s opening batsmen batted with confidence to reach 93 for the loss of 2 wickets, but then five wickets fell with the addition of only 4 runs.
Rashid Khan played an innings of 39 runs, but the team was bowled out for 143 runs. For Pakistan, Haris Rauf dismissed 4 players while Shaheen Afridi, Mohammad Nawaz and Sufian Muqim got 2 wickets each.
