Afghanistan beat UAE by 5 wickets in 1st T20I

Afghanistan cruised to a 5 wicket win over United Arab Emirates, in the 1^st T20I, at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi today.

 

Match Summary

United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan, Match 1, Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates 142/5 (20 ov)

Afghanistan 146/5 (19.1 ov)

Result - Afghanistan won by 5 wickets

Watch an important knock of 48 runs (40b, 4x4, 2x6) from Afsar Khan Zazai, who had a crucial contribution in Afghanistan's 5 wicket win in the first match. #AfghanAtalan | #UAEvAFG | #SuperCola | #KamAir pic.twitter.com/HUqX2PBKYH

— Afghanistan Cricket Board (@ACBofficials) February 16, 2023

 

Match Stats

United Arab Emirates Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Vritiya Aravind - 3.1 ov), 2-98 (Waseem Muhammad - 14.4 ov), 3-98 (Basil Hameed - 14.5 ov), 4-103 (CP Rizwan - 15.3 ov), 5-133 (Aayan Afzal Khan - 19.1 ov)

Afghanistan Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Hazratullah Zazai - 0.6 ov), 2-22 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz - 2.5 ov), 3-48 (Ibrahim Zadran - 6.2 ov), 4-115 (Afsar Zazai - 14.6 ov), 5-138 (Karim Janat - 18.2 ov)

 

Playing XIs

United Arab Emirates - Muhammad Waseem, Vriitya Aravind(wk), CP Rizwan(c), Rohan Mustafa, Basil Hameed, Aayan Khan, Zawar Farid, Sanchit Sharma, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan, Muhammad Jawadullah

Afghanistan - Hazratullah Zazai, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Afsar Zazai(wk), Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan(c), Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi

 

Match Details

Start Time: 14:00

Toss: Afghanistan won the toss and decided to field

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Officials: Akbar Khan, Asif Iqbal, Shiju Sam, Suneej Thottathil, Graeme Labrooy

 

Fixture Schedule

Feb 16th  Thursday United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan, 1st T20I at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Feb 18th  Saturday United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan, 2nd T20I at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Feb 19th  Sunday United Arab Emirates vs Afghanistan, 3rd T20I at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

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