By Admin 
Afghanistan suffered a defeat to Pakistan in the first match of the triangular T20 series. After this match, questions were raised on Afghanistan’s performance. The Afghan team has first defeated the UAE and now Pakistan that the defeat was just a coincidence. Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 18 runs in the match played on Tuesday at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan started to achieve the target of 170 runs. The team lost its first wicket as Sam Ayub on a score of 8. He was out without opening an account. After this, the wickets kept falling at regular intervals. The batsmen could not turn a good start into a big innings. Due to the continuous fall of the wicket, the necessary run rate kept going up and the pressure on Pakistan kept increasing. Pakistan managed to score 151 for 9 wickets in 20 overs and lost by 18 runs.
Sahibzada Farhan 18, Fakhar Jaman 25, Captain Salman Ali Aga was dismissed for 20 runs. Haris Rauf finally came and scored an unbeaten 36 off 16 balls. If this innings had not come, Pakistan’s defeat would have been bigger.
Afghanistan gave their full strength to defend 169 runs. The team’s experienced bowlers Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhak Farukhi and Noor Ahmed took wickets while bowling very affordable.
Rashid Khan took 2 for 30 runs in 4 overs, Mohammad Nabi took 2 for 20 runs in 4 overs, Noor Ahmed took 2 for 20 runs in 4 overs, Fazal Farkhi took 2 wickets for 21 runs in 3 overs.
Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Afghanistan had scored 169 for 5 wickets thanks to Sedikullah Atal’s 64 and Ibrahim Jadaran’s 65 runs. Ibrahim and Sedikullah shared a 113 -run partnership for the second wicket. Afghanistan’s middle order was a flop and due to this the total score was at least 20 runs.
Faheem Ashraf was the most successful bowler for Pakistan. Ashraf took 1 wicket for 27 runs in 4 overs. Sam Ayub got 1 wicket.