AFG v UAE HIGHLIGHTS T20 Tri-series: Spinners shine as Afghanistan down UAE by 38 runs
AFG vs UAE T20 Highlights: Skipper Rashid Khan was Afghanistan's top performer with his brilliant spell of 3 for 21
Afghanistan vs UAE T20 Tri-series highlights
Hosts UAE threw away yet another good start scripted by their skipper Md Waseem as they lost their second consecutive match of the T20 Tri-series, with Afghanistan beating them by 38 runs to secure their first win of the series. After an impactful batting performance, Afghanistan’s bowlers, led from the front by skipper Rashid Khan, pulled off a crucial win to keep themselves in the hunt for the finals. Afghanistan will now face Pakistan in the next game on Tuesday with hopes of keeping their win streak intact.
Earlier, UAE won the toss and invited Afghanistan to bat first. The decision turned out right as Md Rohid removed the dangerous Rahmanullah Gurbaz (7) cheaply with the scoreboard reading just 17. Sediq Atal and Ibrahim Zadran then led Afghanistan’s fightback and took the team’s total to 43 for 1 after the powerplay, thanks to 18 runs in the sixth over.
Afghanistan then changed their approach and added 31 runs in the next four overs without losing a wicket to cross the 10-over mark at 74 for 1. Sediq brought up his maiden T20I fifty to put his team en route to a big total. He was finally dismissed on 54 by Saghir Khan in the 13th over as UAE got their second success of the match.
Rohid then came back to remove Darwish Rasooli (10) as UAE claimed two wickets in quick succession. Ibrahim Zadran then completed his fifty to put Afghanistan back in control. He lost his wicket on 63 to Saghir Khan, but by that time the visitors were well on their way to a huge first-innings total.
In the end, Azmat Omarzai (20 not out) and Karim Janat (23 not out) added some quick runs for Afghanistan as they finished their innings on 188 for 4 after 20 overs.
In reply, UAE lost their first wicket cheaply after Md Zohaib (7) was removed by Fazalhaq Farooqi in the second over. However, UAE skipper Md Waseem then launched a counterattack and completed his fifty in just 25 balls to put his team ahead in the chase.
On the other hand, Ethan D’Souza (12) failed to get going and eventually lost his wicket to Rashid Khan in the 9th over. In the very next over, Sharafuddin Ashraf got the prized wicket of Md Waseem (67) as Afghanistan started to tighten their grip on the match.
Rashid Khan continued the wicket-taking spree and removed Asif Khan (1) to keep his team in control. Mohammad Nabi then dismissed Harshit Kaushik (1) as half the UAE team was back in the pavilion. Rashid Khan got his third wicket of the match off his final ball, after Dhruv Parashar (1) was caught behind.
Saghir Khan (0) was next to depart after losing his wicket to Sharafuddin Ashraf, who then removed Haider Ali (2) to end his spell with three wickets to his name. In the end, Rahul Chopra played a gritty unbeaten innings of 52, but it was not enough as UAE finished on 150 for 8 and lost the game by 38 runs.
Scorecard:
Afghanistan:
| Afghanistan (20 ovs maximum) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz † | c †Chopra b Muhammad Rohid | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 |
| Sediqullah Atal | c †Chopra b Saghir Khan | 54 | 40 | 4 | 3 | 135 |
| Ibrahim Zadran | c Junaid Siddique b Saghir Khan | 63 | 40 | 3 | 4 | 157.5 |
| Darwish Rasooli | c D'Souza b Muhammad Rohid | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 142.85 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | not out | 20 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 166.66 |
| Karim Janat | not out | 23 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 230 |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 9) 11 | |||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 9.40) 188/4 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Junaid Siddique | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.5 | 9 |
| Muhammad Rohid | 4 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 8.5 | 13 |
| Haider Ali | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Saghir Khan | 4 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
| Dhruv Parashar | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10 | 5 |
| Harshit Kaushik | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
UAE:
| United Arab Emirates (T: 189 runs from 20 ovs) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Muhammad Zohaib | c Ibrahim Zadran b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Muhammad Waseem (c) | c Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 67 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 181.08 |
| Ethan D'Souza | lbw b Rashid Khan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 |
| Rahul Chopra † | not out | 52 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 148.57 |
| Asif Khan | b Rashid Khan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Harshit Kaushik | c sub (Noor Ahmad) b Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Dhruv Parashar | c sub (Mohammad Ishaq) b Rashid Khan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Saghir Khan | c Azmatullah Omarzai b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haider Ali | c Mohammad Nabi b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Junaid Siddique | not out | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Extras | (w 3) 3 | |||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.50) 150/8 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | 12 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.5 | 6 |
12:06 AM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE scorecard
| United Arab Emirates (T: 189 runs from 20 ovs) | ||||||
| Batting | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Muhammad Zohaib | c Ibrahim Zadran b Fazalhaq Farooqi | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Muhammad Waseem (c) | c Mujeeb Ur Rahman b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 67 | 37 | 4 | 6 | 181.08 |
| Ethan D'Souza | lbw b Rashid Khan | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 109.09 |
| Rahul Chopra † | not out | 52 | 35 | 3 | 3 | 148.57 |
| Asif Khan | b Rashid Khan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Harshit Kaushik | c sub (Noor Ahmad) b Mohammad Nabi | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 |
| Dhruv Parashar | c sub (Mohammad Ishaq) b Rashid Khan | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| Saghir Khan | c Azmatullah Omarzai b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haider Ali | c Mohammad Nabi b Sharafuddin Ashraf | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Junaid Siddique | not out | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Extras | (w 3) 3 | |||||
| Total | 20 Ov (RR: 7.50) 150/8 | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s |
| Mujeeb Ur Rahman | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| Fazalhaq Farooqi | 3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Sharafuddin Ashraf | 4 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai | 3 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 6 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 5.25 | 12 |
| Mohammad Nabi | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.5 | 6 |
12:02 AM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: Afghanistan beat UAE
Over summary: 0 4 4 WD 0 2 6; UAE 150/8 after 20 overs; Rahul Chopra 52 (35), Junaid Siddique 1 (5)
Azmat Omarzai comes back into the attack. He gives away 17 runs from the over as Afghanistan beat hosts UAE by 38 runs.
11:57 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 56 runs to win from 6 balls
Over summary: W 0 1 1 0 0; UAE 133/8 after 19 overs; Rahul Chopra 36 (29), Junaid Siddique 1 (5)
Farooqi comes back into the attack. He gives away 9 runs from the over
11:52 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 65 runs to win from 12 balls
Over summary: W 0 1 1 0 0; UAE 124/8 after 18 overs; Rahul Chopra 27 (24), Junaid Siddique 1 (4)
Sharafuddin Ashraf continues the attack. He gives away 2 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Haider Ali (2).
11:50 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 67 runs to win from 18 balls
Over summary: 6 1 0 1 0 0; UAE 122/7 after 17 overs; Rahul Chopra 26 (23), Haider Ali 2 (4)
Mujeeb comes back into the attack. He gives away 8 runs from the over
11:45 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 75 runs to win from 24 balls
Over summary: 1 0 W 1 1 0; UAE 114/7 after 16 overs; Rahul Chopra 18 (18), Haider Aali 1 (2)
Sharafuddin Ashraf comes back into the attack. He gives away 3 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Saghir Khan (0).
11:39 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 78 runs to win from 30 balls
Over summary: 0 Wd 1 0 1 1 W; UAE 111/6 after 15 overs; Rahul Chopra 17 (17)
Rashid Khan comes back into the attack. He gives away 4 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Dhruv Parashar (1).
11:37 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 82 runs to win from 36 balls
Over summary: 0 1 0 0 W 0; UAE 107/5 after 14 overs; Dhruv Parashar 0 (1), Rahul Chopra 14 (12)
Nabi continues the attack. He gives away 1 run from the over and takes the wicket of Harshit Kaushik (1).
11:32 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 83 runs to win from 42 balls
Over summary: 0 4 0 0 1 0; UAE 106/4 after 13 overs; Harshit Kaushik 4 (8), Rahul Chopra 14 (12)
Mujeeb comes back in the attack. He gives away 5 runs from the over.
11:27 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 88 runs to win from 48 balls
Over summary: 1 1 2 Wd 1 0 2; UAE 101/4 after 12 overs; Harshit Kaushik 4 (7), Rahul Chopra 9 (7)
Md Nabi comes in the attack. He gives away 8 runs from the over.
11:22 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 96 runs to win from 54 balls
Over summary: W 0 0 1 1 0; UAE 93/4 after 11 overs; Harshit Kaushik 1 (4), Rahul Chopra 5 (4)
Rashid Khan continues the attack. He gives away 2 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Asif Khan (1).
11:18 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 98 runs to win from 60 balls
Over summary: 1 2 0 W 0 1; UAE 91/3 after 10 overs; Asif Khan 1 (2), Rahul Chopra 4 (3)
Sharafuddin Ashraf comes back into the attack. He gives away 4 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Md Waseem (67).
11:10 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 102 runs to win from 66 balls
Over summary: W 2 1 6 2 0; UAE 87/2 after 9 overs; Md Waseem 65 (34), Rahul Chopra 3 (2)
Rashid Khan continues the attack. He gives away 11 runs from the over and takes the wicket of Ethan DSouza (12)
11:05 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 113 runs to win from 72 balls
Over summary: 0 0 0 1 1 4; UAE 76/1 after 8 overs; Md Waseem 57 (31), Ethan DSouza 12 (10)
Azmat Omarzai continues the attack. He gives away 6 runs from the over.
10:59 PM
AFG vs UAE T20 Tri-series LIVE SCORE UPDATES: UAE need 119 runs to win from 78 balls
Over summary: 0 1 0 2 1 0; UAE 70/1 after 7 overs; Md Waseem 52 (26), Ethan DSouza 11 (9)
Rashid Khan comes into the attack. He gives away 4 runs from the over.
Topics : Afghanistan cricket team T20 cricket
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First Published: Sep 01 2025 | 7:10 PM IST
