Pakistani players celebrate after defeating United Arab Emirates during the Asia Cup cricket match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Pakistan (PAK) vs United Arab Emirates (UAE) Asia Cup 2025 Match 10 Highlights: Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets as he built on his useful cameo with the bat as Pakistan defeated UAE by 41 runs and booked their place in Sunday’s Super 4 clash against India. Abrar Ahmed and Haris Rauf also took 2 wickets as Rahul Chopra’s 34 runs ultimately went in vain.
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Junaid Siddique took 4 wickets while Simranjeet Singh took 3 to keep Pakistan on their toes but Shaheen Afridi played a brilliant cameo of 29 off 14 to drag his team to 146/9 in 20 overs. Fakhar Zaman top scored for the Men in Green with 50 while other Pakistan batters couldn’t contribute much.
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UAE won the toss and opted to bowl first against Pakistan in a do or die match in Dubai on Wednesday. The match was pushed back by 1 hour and will start at 9 PM IST after drama regarding the Men in green’s participation even 90 mins before the match.
And what just happened?? That's almost comical. one batter went for an overthrow run and his runner was looking the other way. Rohid had already set off before he was sent back by the non striker and an easy run out to end the match in bizarre fashion. Pakistan win by 41 runs, will face India on Sunday.
AAND THAT'S ANOTER ONE GONE!! Haider Ali tries to take on the pace-off delivery, gets it all wrong and Farhan takes an easy catch to almost wrap things up.
Haider Ali c Sahibzada Farhan b Haris Rauf 6(6)
Haris Rauf in the attack and is that a run out?? Farhan had one stump to aim for and he has struck it. The batter is way short of his ground and Simranjeet has to depart. UAE almost out of it here.
Simranjeet Singh run out (Sahibzada Farhan) 1(4)
Shaheen Afridi returns and that's another down!! But does he? He didn't even bother to review the caught behind at first but when he did, the umpire says no. Shaheen puts up the review gesture but it's the captain's job and Agha sends it upstairs. AND IT'S A WICKET. UltraEdge shows clear spike on the gloves as the ball passes by it.
Harshit Kaushik c Mohammad Haris b Shaheen Afridi 0(1)
Salman Agha in to bowl and Chopra reaches for the second ball and powers it over the ropes for a SIX!! 2 runs follow as Chopra switches gears. Goes to the well again and holes out to Hasan Nawaz in the deep.
Rahul Chopra c Hasan Nawaz b Salman Agha 35(35)
Abrar in the attack again to bowl out his quota. 2 runs from the first three deliveries. Not what UAE need at the moment with the run rate going over 11. AND GONE!! Asif khan swings wildly, gets it all wrong and his stumps are rattled!!
Asif Khan b Abrar Ahmed 0(4)
Haris Rauf back in the attack and Dhruv with a single to start. And a short delivery goes leg side for a wide now!! Good running gets them 2 more. Play and a miss again. AND FINALLY!! Pakistan get a wicket as Dhruv did not middle it and the fielder in the deep with a diving catch.
Dhruv Parashar c Khushdil b Haris Rauf 20(23)
Abrar Ahmed continues and there's an LBW review on Chopra by Pakistan. No bat involved. Pitching in line, impact outside and PAK lose a review. 2 comfortable runs next as the UAE batters try for big hits but do not succeed.
UAE 80/3 after 13 overs
Ayub in the attack now and Parashar has clobbered one through extra cover for a 4!! 2 more runs next as the over ultimately yields 8 runs.
UAE 74/3 after 12 overs
Abrar in to bowl his second over and UAE batters are just dealing in singles at the moment with the run rate slowly creeping up. Big shout for LBW but might have gotten an inside edge so no review.
UAE 67/3 after 11 overs
Ayub will bowl the next over and starts with a single off the first couple. 2 more singles from the next 2 deliveries. Pakistan won't mind this at all. 5 from this one.
UAE 61/3 after 10 overs
Nawaz in to bowl the 9th and Rahul sweeps to get 2 off the first ball. Follows up with a single as the run flow has come down to a trickle now. And poor delivery next as Dhruv gets a FOUR!! UAE needed that. 10 from this over as the dew and humidity has set in.
UAE 56/3 after 9 overs
Ayub will continue and Yields just 3 from the first three deliveries. Back to back dots next as the pressure keeps building on Chopra 4 from this over.
UAE 46/3 after 8 overs
On to the 7th as we went for a bit of a break because the umpire got hit on the head and had to go off. Nawaz to bowl and gives away just 2 from the first 5 deliveries. A single to end. 4 from this one.
UAE 42/3 after 7 overs
Saim Ayub in the attack now and HE HAS STRUCK!! He hasn't been good with the bat but has been on fire with the ball in hand!! Muhammad Zohaib has been absolutely cleaned up here!!
Muhammad Zohaib b Saim Ayub 4(9)
Abrar Ahmed introduced in the attack now and starts with back to back dots. And he takes a wicket!! WHAT A CATCH BY NAWAZ!! Waseem tries to go for it, doesn't time it and Nawaz, running with his eyes on the ball, pulls off a dive to catch it!!
Muhammad Waseem c Nawaz b Abrar Ahmed 14(15)
Haris Rauf in the attack to bowl the 4th over. And Waseem with a single to start. Zohaib on strike now. Ohhh the next one has gone through everyone to add 5 wides to the account. Zohaib takes a single next as Rauf bowls back to back dots. And Waseem belts it over the top for four more!! 12 from this one.
UAE 35/1 after 4 overs
Shaheen to Waseem now and he swings and misses!! Follows up with a wide. Single next. AND inside edge next and Sharafu has dragged it on to his stumps!!!
Alishan Sharafu b Shaheen Afridi 12(8)
Nawaz to bowl the second over and is put under pressure straightaway with a cut by Waseem for a 4!! Takes a single next and Sharafu is on strike. He takes a quick single as well!! Waseem goes straight but there's just a single. AAND SHARAFU HAS PUMMLED THE NEXT BALL FOR A SIX!! 13 from this over.
UAE 19/0 after 2 overs
Shaheen Afridi steams in and Sharafu slams the first ball through the covers for a 4!! And there's a shout for a caught behind, Shaheen looked confident but he is the only one. No review taken. And Sharafu takes a single to go off strike. Uff beaten the next ball!! How has that missed the stumps? A single to end.
UAE 6/0 after 1 over
Last over now. what can PAK get? 5 fielders in the circle and Shaheen slams a 6 off Rohit's first ball!! Piclks up the slower beautifully. Goes leg side and whips it over the ropes for ANOTHER SIX!! And another slower and Shaheen waits for it and slams a four!!! And he gets beaten the next ball!! 2 more deliveries left. A dot next and the last ball left.. 2 and a run out to end.
PAK post a par 146/9
Junaid Siddique to bowl the penultimate over of the innings and Shaheen starts this one with a four!! Plays across next and it hits his pads. And the next one is gone for another 4 to deep midwicket. AND GONE!!! CLEANED HARIS OUT!!
Mohammad Haris b Junaid Siddique 18(14)
Haider to bowl out with this over and a single off the first 2 balls. Quick running from the batters too get 2 more. They are trying to get big hits and finally succeeds in the last ball as Haris gets a 4!!
PAK 118/7 after 18 runs
Junaid in to bowl the 16th and starts with a wide before Nawaz takes a single to put Haris on strike who takes a single of his own. Nawaz whips the next ball towards the leg side but gets just 1. AND ANOTHER WICKET!! What are Pakistan doing!!
Nawaz c Muhammad Waseem b Junaid Siddique 4(5)
Simranjeet to finish his quota now with this over. AND HE HAS TAKEN ANOTHER ONE!!! Khushdil tries abig hit and that's gone right into the hands of the Waseem
Khushdil c Muhammad Waseem b Simranjeet Singh 4(6)
Dhruv Parashar comes back in the attack as UAE persist with spin. Yields 3 from the first three deliveries as the pressure keeps building. Follows it up with 2 more. 5 from this one.
PAK 93/5 after 15 overs
AAAND WOULD YOU KNOW IT!!! He has struck again!! This time Nawaz is caught leg before wicket. the umpire gives it and Pakistan will review. No bat says UltraEdge. And wickets is umpire's call!!!
Hasan Nawaz lbw b Simranjeet Singh 3(4)
Simranjeet in the attack now and would you know it!! he has struck and taken out the dangerous Fakhar Zaman!! A nothing shot by the PAK batter which has gone straight into the mitts of Harshit Kaushik
Fakhar Zaman c Harshit Kaushik b Simranjeet Singh 50(36)
Dhruv Parashar again and Zaman takes a single to start, followed by another by Nawaz as the ball is coming pretty slowly to the bat, giving Pakistan no chance to break free. AAAND HE finally smacks one, over the long on ropes for a massive six!! And he ends this over with a single and his 50!!
PAK 86/3 after 13 overs
Hasan Nawaz is the new batter in and he'll face Haider Ali with the UAE bowler keeping the first 3 balls down to just a single. Quick running from Zaman to keep take 2 next. 5 from this one.
PAK 75/3 after 12 overs
Dhruv Parashar will bowl the 11th and starts with a single off the first two balls as the PAK batters are just dealing with singles now. They need to be a tad bit more aggressive with quite a lot of wickets in hand. And with the pressure building.,, Agha tries to go and he has holed out to Haider in the deep.
Salman Agha c Haider Ali b Dhruv Parashar 20(27)
Simranjeet to bowl the 10th and he keeps it down to just 1 from the first 3 deliveries before agha takes a single to put Zaman on strike. Shimmies leftwards and Simranjeet follows him with the ball to keep the next one down to 1. And oh no!! That's a no ball!! Reprieve for PAK. Good comeback, keeping it down just a single. 6 from this one.
PAK 67/2 after 10 overs
Haider continues and Zaman with a drive to get a 4!! Could have been saved but a bit of a misfield gets it to the boundary. Zaman cuts the next ball through backward point for another 4!! 50-run stand up for the duo. 11 from this one ultimately.
PAK 61/2 after 9 overs
Simranjeet will bowl the 8th over and Zaman takes a single to start this one away. The runs are now coming in trickles as the left armed spinner keeps PAK batters on a leash. 6 from this one.
PAK 50/2 after 8 overs
Haider Ali will bowl the 7th and Zaman takes a single, followed by another single by Agha. 2 more singles as the bowler isn't giving the batters any room to play their shots. Just 5 singles from this over.
PAK 44/2 after 7 overs
Rohit will bowl the last over of the powerplay and Agha swings and misses. Takes a single next and Zaman is given the strike. And he pulls for 2 next before trying the same shot again to get a single. Errs in line next as he puts it down legside and Agha just guides it along to get 4 more!!
PAK 39/2 after 6 overs
Dhruv Parashar will bowl the penultimate over in the powerplay and Zaman with a very tight single to start. That is followed by Agha's own single as Zaman gets the strike back. AAAND HE SMASHES THE NEXT BALL OVER THE ROPES FOR A SIX!!! Goes again and slams another six, this time over long on it goes. 14 from this one.
PAK 31/2 after 5 overs
Rohid Khan to bowl the 4th and that has just whistled past the willow of Salman Agha!! and there's another chance as the Pakistan captain gets a huge edge but there's no slip as the ball goes to the boundary. Times the next one nicely and gets 2 more. Almost plays the next one on to his stumps. Pakistan look properly shaken now.
PAK 17/2 after 4 overs
Siddique will continue and yields back to back dots to start this one off. AND HE STRIKES AGAIN!!! Farhan swipes to the same place where Saim had gone and he has holed out to Muhammad Zohaib. APK already in deep trouble.
Sahibzada Farhan c Muhammad Zohaib b Junaid Siddique 5(12)
Muhammad Rohid Khan in to bowl the next over and Farhan starts this one away with 2 byes before playing dots off the next couple. There's a faint noise next but the umpire says it's a wide. That has clipped the thigh pad before a good effort in the deep denies Farhan a boundary. 6 from this one.
PAK 9/1 after 2 overs
Here come the two openers Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan. Saim has scores of 2 ducks in this tournament. Can he break it? Farhan with 2 now and he' been caught leg before the next ball!! Junaid Siddique with a huge shout and it's given. Pakistan will review. No bat involved says UltraEdge. And wickets are missing. Farhan survives. A leg bye next to put Ayub on strike. AAAND AYUB IS GONE!!! 3 ducks in a row!!!
Saim Ayub c Muhammad Rohid Khan b Junaid Siddique 0(2)
And after much ado about not much anything, Pakistan players have finally lined up alongside their UAE counterparts as it's time for the national anthems. UAE's first, followed by Pakistan's.
Pitch number 3, I think the ball is going to come on nicely. Can see a green tinge from time to time. Pretty good covering of grass all the way through. If the seamers get it right initially, they can do some damage here. Don't think the spinners will get much turn, says Mike Haysman
Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Khushdil Shah, Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem(c), Asif Khan, Muhammad Zohaib, Harshit Kaushik, Rahul Chopra(w), Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Simranjeet Singh, Junaid Siddique
Waseem: Going to bowl first. Today the way the weather is, dew will play a role. Will try to restrict them to a low total. It's a do or die game. We had a good game in Abu Dhabi. Different pitch and different game today. Jawadullah is out and Simranjeet is in.
Agha: We wanted to bat first and put them under scoreboard pressure. Great day for us to play a perfect game. They're a very good side. If we execute our plans for longer periods, we have a chance against any side. Two changes. Sufiyan and Faheem aren't playing.
And here are the captains for the toss. Match referee Pycroft is present and the coin goes up and UAE win toss, opted to bowl first vs PAK in Dubai
We are very close to the match now. Just less than 15 minutes left for the toss. Pakistan are now training at full swing, pings Sandip G from the venue
There were no high-fives; no fist-bumps or excessive celebrations. Suryakumar Yadav and Shivam Dube walked back to the pavilion with cussed faces, greeted with similarly measured demeanour by the players and support staff in the dressing room. They walked with the emotional bearing of a team that has made crushing adversaries routine. The seven-wicket victory over Pakistan was not so much a stroll as it was a brutal exposing of the gulf of talent between the two sides; once equals, now no longer so.
The Indian chase was symbolically settled in two balls. The first two balls of the innings. Shaheen Shah Afridi steamed in, chugging in his long limbs like a heavy locomotive. He was searching for that dramatic yorker, curling, swinging, bending in. Hitting the pads or blasting the stumps. The design fell flat. (Read more from Sandip G)
Kuldeep Yadav grabbed a three-for to harass Pakistan in the middle overs in the Sunday’s game at Dubai. Former Pakistan players Shoaib Malik and Umar Gull were flabbergasted at the batting, while Shoaib Akhtar used sarcastic humour to say these have been issues for a while now. Former pacer Umar Gul brought up the Kuldeep Yadav factor when he said on PTV Sports: “The ball was not even spinning that much and Pakistan gave wickets to him. There was almost 10 overs of dot ball. As Shoaib Malik said now, you are not taking singles, not rotating the strike. The pressure builds on the other guy who then tries to hit next over and gets out.”
Former India cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has said that the Asia Cup game between India and Pakistan, which the Men in Blue won by seven wickets on Sunday, was a clear indicator that this current Pakistan team “has a lot of class” and that the Indians were in a “different league” altogether.
“I actually feel very, very sorry for the Pakistan cricket team. They don’t have the exposure to play in all the cricket leagues in the world. They’re not able to ply their trade in most of the leagues. I will not get too much into these political things. For Pakistan, I felt that only Saim Ayub has a great temperament. He also bowled a great spell, especially the way he took the wickets of Shubman Gill and Tilak Verma. It was class apart because Abhishek Sharma took him down, but besides Saim Ayub, I don’t think this Pakistan cricket team has a lot of class,” Ashwin said before adding: “Of course, India is in a different league in every way—practically, technically, and strategically. So it’s very unfair to compare.”
United Arab Emirates: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem(c), Asif Khan, Muhammad Zohaib, Harshit Kaushik, Rahul Chopra(w), Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Aryansh Sharma, Matiullah Khan, Ethan DSouza, Simranjeet Singh, Saghir Khan
Pakistan: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris(w), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha(c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed, Hussain Talat, Hasan Ali, Khushdil Shah, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Wasim Jr, Salman Mirza
Andy Pycroft is the match referee under fire right now for the events that unfolded in the Asia Cup game between India and Pakistan. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Mohsin Naqvi removed a post on his Twitter wall saying that board has lodged a formal complaint against match referee Andy Pycroft with the ICC because he had allegedly requested the captains “not to shake hands during the toss”.
Pycroft has officiated over 100 Test matches since 2009, and is the fourth-most experienced match referee. And he has had his fair share of controversial matches that he has presided over during his career thus far. (READ MORE)
You have to think how Pakistan will be in a mental state to play such a crucial match with such drama happening just under one hour left for the match. UAE will be pretty happy that they might find the PAK players who are likely to be little distracted after the events that just transpired.
After Indian players refused to shake hands with their Pakistan counterparts during their group fixture on Sunday, the PCB has been calling for match referee Andy Pycroft to be replaced. In a communication with the International Cricket Council, PCB had demanded that the Zimbabwean be removed from his post for the match against UAE and be replaced by Richie Richardson as they claim that he had instructed captains Suryakumar Yadav and Salman Ali Agha not to shake hands at the toss. However, the ICC hasn’t adhered to PCB’s request and in fact, Pycroft turned up at the Dubai International Stadium on Wednesday as per the match roster. Back and forth between the two bodies continued as Wednesday’s match was delayed.
PCB has contended that Pycroft had informed Agha that there won’t be any handshakes during the toss after Surya had taken the call to not shake hands in light of the Pahalgam terror attack and the subsequent Operation Sindoor. While the match between the arch-rivals went ahead, there were no customary handshakes between the two teams after India’s victory either.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi later confirmed on his X account that "We have asked the Pakistan team to depart for the Dubai Cricket Stadium. Further details to follow."
And we have an official confirmation from the broadcasters where they said that the match will go ahead as scheduled but it has been delayed by 1 hr due to the events that transpired. It'll start at 9 PM IST now. Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, the official broadcaster have started the coverage with experts discussing the match like normal. Make of that what you will.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has stopped its team from leaving for the stadium for the must-win Asia Cup match against the UAE. The players are currently waiting in the team hotel for further updates. The development casts a pall of uncertainty over Wednesday's match as well as Pakistan's further involvement in the tournament underway in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Multiple reports have also confirmed that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has called an urgent press conference at its headquarters where a clear picture is expected.
"Pycroft will remain match referee for Wednesday's game and if Pakistan don't turn up, UAE will be awarded full points," well-placed sources in tournament told PTI.
Huge news coming in as with 90 mins to go for the match, Pakistan have yet to reach the stadium after their appeal to remove match referee Pycroft have fallen to deaf ears.
There is nothing like an angry fast bowler. Shaheen Shah Afridi was an angry fast bowler during the press conference after the last PSL final. He was the victorious captain, yet he was angered by the constant pestering about his upturn in form. When a journalist asked him about it, he replied, palpably irritated: “Ramiz Raja too asked me at the toss about my form, and I told him the same thing: I am still the same Shaheen; I have neither changed nor will I.” A sharp one-liner, like the swipe of a knife, was to come: “You need to have eyes to see it but.” (READ MORE)
All eyes will be on Pakistan opener Saim Ayub in this match with the batter failing to open his account in the Asia Cup despite playing the first two matches against Oman and India. In both matches he has scored golden ducks but has had some decent spell with the ball, taking 3 vs India and 2 against Oman.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly recently revealed that he switched over to the Manchester derby after watching the first 15 overs of the India vs Pakistan match on September 14, saying that in the modern era, India are far ahead of Pakistan and their matches are just not competitive with the Men in Blue overwhelmingly favourites every time they meet.
“Pakistan is no match. I say that with respect just because I see what the team is, it’s the lack of quality in the side. The Indian team played this game without Virat and Rohit, who were stalwarts for such a long time,” Ganguly said in a video shared by PTI on Monday.
“India are too far ahead in cricket. From Pakistan and any of these Asia Cup teams. There’ll be one or two days when they’ll get beaten but majority of the days, they’ll be the best team. And I was not surprised with what I saw. I actually stopped watching after the first 15 overs and I was watching Manchester City play Manchester United last night. Because there is no competition any more in India vs Pakistan,” he added.
Sep 9: Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, 1st Match, Group B: AFG won by 94 runs
Sep 10: United Arab Emirates vs India, 2nd Match, Group A: IND won by 9 wickets
Sep 11: Hong Kong vs Bangladesh, 3rd Match, Group B: BAN won by 7 wickets
Sep 12: Pakistan vs Oman, 4th Match, Group A: PAK won by 93 runs
Sep 13: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka, 5th Match, Group B: SL won by 6 wickets
Sep 14: Pakistan vs India, 6th Match, Group A: IND won by 7 wickets
Sep 15: United Arab Emirates vs Oman, 7th Match, Group A: UAE won by 42 runs
Sep 15: Hong Kong vs Sri Lanka, 8th Match, Group B: SL won by 4 wickets
Sep 16: Bangladesh vs Afghanistan 9th Match, Group B: BAN won by 8 runs
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar cut the Pakistan cricket team down to size on Sunday after the Indian cricket team defeated them by seven wickets in their Asia Cup group stage encounter at the Dubai International Stadium in UAE. Gavaskar said that the Pakistan team looked like a “Popatwadi team” rather than a national cricket team.
“This did not look like the Pakistan cricket team to me. It looked more like a Popatwadi team,” Gavaskar said on Sony Sports Network after the match.
Having an aggressive intent, a strong structure to play high-risk game, learning to manage risk are some of the key aspects that renowned T20 power-hitting coach Julian Wood has suggested for Pakistan, which has been struggling to keep pace with the changing nature of the format. After Pakistan came up with another listless display with the bat against India, there have been plenty of questions about their approach even from their former players with many pointing out how they appeared clueless when it came down to taking down the Indian spinners. (READ MORE)
In the last match that Pakistan and UAE faced each other was in the recent tri-series, also featuring Afghanistan. Batting first, Fakhar Zaman had scored 77 runs in 44 balls as Pakistan posted 171 runs. Chasing, UAE could only reach 140 runs in 20 overs with Alishan Sharafu top scoring with 68. Abrar Ahmed was the pick of the PAK bowlers taking 4 wickets.
In their Group Stage match on September 14, India captain Suryakumar Yadav chose to snub his Pakistan counterpart Salman Agha at the toss and not indulge in the customary handshake. The cold shoulder by India continued after the match when Surya and Shivam Dube left the field as soon as the match ended with India’s 7-wicket win, forgoing the end of the match handshakes with Pakistan. This was a decision keeping in mind the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, their families and the soldiers who are part of Operation Sindoor.
This led to a lot of drama with the Pakistan captain boycotting the post-match presentation ceremony and the next morning, the Men in Green had complained to the ICC complaining about India, calling the snub unsporting and against the spirit of the game." They also alleged that match referee Andy Pycroft had told the captains not to shake hands which India categorically denied.
Pakistan also said that they would be withdrawing from the tournament if the match referee was not removed, even cancelling their pre-match press conference ahead of the UAE game. But ultimately cooler heads seems to have prevailed as the match is set to go on sans hitch.
While Pakistan will be taking on UAE, they must be careful of the fact that the recent handshake controversy vs India does not distract them. With a encounter with the Men in Blue almost a surety on Sunday if they go on to the Super 4s, they must not look past the job at hand. If they look too far ahead, UAE might just spring a surprise.
September 17, 2025: UAE vs Pakistan, Dubai
September 18, 2025: Sri Lanka v Afghanistan, Abu Dhabi
September 19, 2025: India v Oman
India’s dominant performance has simplified the equations in Group A, with Pakistan and the UAE heading into the final round of the league stage with a shot at the next round. Both teams will need a win and win only. If UAE win, they'll reach 4 points and if Pakistan win, they'll reach 4 points. It's fairly simple, win and you are in, lose and you go home.
PAK: Saim Ayub, Sahibzada Farhan, Mohammad Haris (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Salman Agha (c), Hasan Nawaz, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Shaheen Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, Abrar Ahmed
UAE: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem (c), Muhammad Zohaib, Rahul Chopra (wk), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah, Junaid Siddique
Pakistan and UAE have faced each other thrice in the shortest format with the Men In Green coming out trumps on all the 3 occasions. Will it be any different tonight? We'll find out soon enough.
Every recent tournament that Pakistan have played, it has seemed like they are always in the fight to reach the knockout stages following their group commitments. The 2025 Asia Cup is no different with the Men in Green taking on UAE with the winner of the match advancing to the Super 4s with India. It should be an easy win for Pakistan but as their 2024 T20 World Cup loss to USA had shown, the team is perfectly capable of imploding when you least expect them to. Will they keep it together this time around? Let's wait and watch.
Facing challenges in keeping up with the evolving T20 format, Pakistan have been given a few suggestions by renowned power-hitting coach, Julian Wood. He believes the team needs a more aggressive intent and a stronger structure for high-risk gameplay, along with learning to manage risk. These recommendations come after another lackluster batting performance against India, which prompted former Pakistani players to question the team's approach, particularly their struggles against Indian spinners. READ MORE
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