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- Pakistan top of Group 2 with two wins out of two.
- Afghanistan hammered Scotland by 130 runs in their first match.
- Pakistan won the only T20 these sides have played against each other.
- Afghanistan have won their last four T20 internationals.
WICKET
Afghanistan 39-4 (5.1 overs)
How many deliveries does it take Hasan Ali to take a wicket? One.
Short, Gurbaz pulls, doesn’t time it well. Babar takes a simple catch running right from mid-on.
Pace!
Rauf just clocked a 153km/h (95 mph).
🔥🔥🔥
WICKET
Afghanistan 33-3 (4.3 overs)
At 143 km/h, Asghar Afghan hands a simple catch back to the bowler. Rauf strikes in his first over.
Afghanistan in trouble.
Afghanistan 30-2 (4 overs)
First six of the match comes off Rahmanullah’s bat. High and mighty over midwicket. And he followed that up with another over square leg.
Missed runout sandwiched between those hits.
17 off the over. Probably Imad’s last over for a while.
17 from an over ouchhhh🤦#PakvsAfg
— zwitterrrrr💥 (@ZillehumaKhan) October 29, 2021
WICKET
Afghanistan 13-2 (2.4 overs)
Shahzad was riding his luck. Blasted one over cover for Afghanistan’s first boundary but then drove right into mid-on’s hands.
Shaheen strikes. Has an extra spring in his legs today (clocking in at 151km/h)… and why wouldn’t he.
Longest winning streaks in a country in men’s T20Is:
🇦🇫 Afghanistan in UAE: 17 wins
🇵🇰 Pakistan in UAE: 13 winsOne of the these streaks will end today!#PAKvAFG | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/dIFrYmUHWe
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) October 29, 2021
WICKET
Afghanistan 8-1 (1.3 overs)
Imad strikes for Pakistan. Zazai top-edges a sweep and Rauf takes a good catch running back.
That didn’t take long then.
Afghanistan 5-0 (1 over)
This over had it all.. except a wicket. A wide. A legbye. Play-and-a-miss. LBW appeals. DRS countdown. Singles. Review.
1st over 1 wide 3 appeals. One review.#PakvsAfg
— Belal Shaykh (@BelalSheikh7) October 29, 2021
Here we go
Shaheen has the ball in his hands. We know what he did last time Pakistan took on one of its neighbours at this very ground.
Zazai and Shahzad for Afghanistan.
West Indies beat Bangladesh
In today’s earlier game, West Indies have just managed to take home two points – a win by three runs in a match that went to the final ball.
First points on the board for the reigning champions who lost their first two matches.
The loss means it’s tournament over for Bangladesh who can’t reach the semi-finals now.
Home support for both sides
Afghanistan and Pakistan will see plenty of support in the stands. Unable to host matches at home, both sides called UAE home. And it shows in the performance on these grounds as well as the stands.
Afghanistan to bat
Afghanistan won the toss and have elected to bat.
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Asghar Afghan, Gulbadin Naib, Karim Janat, Rashid Khan, Naveen ul-Haq, Mujeeb ur-Rahman.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Babar Azam (c), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali, Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
— Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 29, 2021
Who is winning today?
Well, you have Pakistan supporters (and former players) backing Pakistan 👇:
Best wishes towards Team #pakistan Lets take the Crown Home today as well!!#PakvsAfg #T20WorldCup #pak pic.twitter.com/XmIoWQb7DO
— Saeed Ajmal (@REALsaeedajmal) October 29, 2021
Then you have Pakistan fans supporting both sides 👇:
I am supporting both teams in today’s match Pakistan vs Afghanistan
we are brother country Whichever team does well today a will Win
❤🇵🇰🤝🇦🇫❤🏏👍#PakvsAfg #T20WorldCup #PAKvAFG— Ali Hassan🇵🇰🇹🇷🇵🇸 (@AliHassan89624) October 29, 2021
Afghanistan put political trouble behind them
Afghanistan hammered Scotland in their opening match of the tournament, scoring 190-4, batting first before dismissing the opponents for just 60.
Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan shared nine wickets between them.
They are on a different ground with a much stronger opposition today but Pakistan will think twice before taking Afghanistan lightly.
Pakistan on verge of semi-finals
Pakistan came into the tournament after having their series against New Zealand and England cancelled. The Kiwis pulled out of their tour of Pakistan minutes before the start of the opening match. Three days later, England scrapped their tour.
Prior to that, three of their four T20 in the West Indies were rained off.
But they beat India by 10 wickets in their tournament opener before going past New Zealand. A win today and Pakistan will have a foot and some toes in the last-four.
Afridi (c) took two wickets in his first two overs against India [Satish Kumar/Reuters]
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