Abu Dhabi: In Asia cup super four round after a thrilling competition Pakistan beat Afghanistan.
IN sheikh Zaid stadium of Abu Dhabi in Asia cup super four round, Afghanistan captain won the toss and elected to bat first, the Afghani batsman played really well, and in 50 over’s with the loss of 6 wickets made the target of 257. The middle order batsman Hassan ullah shahidi scored 97 runs and remained not out, whereas the captain asghar afghan scored 67 runs.
Pakistan bowling line was weak as compared to other matches and they remained unsuccessful in getting the whole team out, and not a single bowler could perform well, Muhammad nawaz got the most wickets and got 3 out, whereas shaheen afridi got 2 and Hassan Ali got only one wicket.
PAKISTAN BATTING
Pakistan batting opening was done by fakhar zaman and imam ul haq, fakhar zaman once again got out on zero runs, whereas imam ul haq scored 80, Babar azam scored 66 and haris sohail scored 13 runs whereas the captain sarfraz ahmed only scored 8 runs. The sixth wicket was of Muhammad asif who just scored 7 runs and after that Muhammad nawaz scored 10 runs.
In the last over Pakistan needed 10 runs and shoaib malik and Hassan ali was there for batting, shoaib malik hit a six and then Pakistan was in need of 4 runs on 4 balls, and after that he ht a four and won the match, Pakistan chased the target of 258 in 49.3 over’s with the loss of 7 wickets. Hassan ali scored 6 and shoaib malik scored 51 runs and remained not out.
From Afghanistan bowling side Rashid khan got 3 wickets, mujeeb ur rehman got 2 and gul badeen naib got 1 wicket, imam ul haq got run out.