Welcome to the UAE vs Pakistan 2nd T20I Match Review. In the UAE T20I Tri-Series, we got to see another great match, which Pakistan won by 31 runs, but the UAE team also gave a good fight to Pakistan by fighting hard. As we had said in our preview, the UAE team can take advantage of its home conditions and give a good fight to Pakistan. In this match, we got to see a great batting innings, and some good bowling spells were also seen. The audience enjoyed this match a lot.
Pakistan won the toss in this match too and decided to bat first. Pakistan lost their first wicket in the very first over. Sahibzada Farhan lost his wicket in the first over after hitting 2 fours in the first over of Junaid Siddique. After this, Pakistan took the innings forward and scored 22 runs in the third over of the match with the help of 2 sixes and 2 fours. Fakhar also lost his wicket soon.
But Saim Ayub played an amazing innings. Saim Ayub scored 69 runs at a strike rate of 181, which included 7 fours and 4 sixes. Pakistan Captain Salman Agha could not perform well in this match. But what gave momentum to Pakistan’s innings was Hasan Nawaz’s excellent attacking innings. Nawaz scored 56 runs in just 26 balls at a strike rate of 215, which included 2 fours and 6 sixes. After this, with the help of Mohammad Nawaz’s (25 off 15) and Faheem Ashraf’s (16 off 10) feats, Pakistan scored a good total. Pakistan scored 207 runs in 20 overs.
If we talk about the UAE team, then Junaid Siddique and Saghir Khan took 3 wickets each but proved to be a bit expensive, and Haider Ali took 2 wickets. Junaid took 3 wickets for 49 runs, and Saghir took 3 wickets for 44 runs in their 4-over spell. Haider bowled well and took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.
UAE started their batting well and made 39 runs without losing a wicket in 4 overs. Then Muhammad Zohaib lost his wicket on the first ball of the fifth over of the second inning, while UAE’s captain Muhammad Wasim lost his wicket by getting run out due to some misunderstanding. Wasim seemed to be in good form and made 33 runs in 18 balls with the help of 3 fours and 2 sixes. After that, the UAE lost 3 more wickets quickly and was reduced to 76/5 in 10.2 overs.
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But Asif did not give up and played a brilliant innings. Asif played a brilliant innings of 77 runs with the help of 6 fours and 6 sixes in just 35 balls at a strike rate of 220. Asif Khan shared a partnership of 54 runs in 36 balls with Dhruv Parashar (15 off 19) and 45 runs in 18 balls with Saghir Khan (11 off 7). But despite playing so well, Asif Khan could not lead his team to victory, and with this, the UAE lost to Pakistan by 31 runs. From Pakistan’s side, Hasan Ali took 3 wickets for 47 runs in his 4 overs, while Mohammad Nawaz took 2 wickets for just 21 runs in his 4 overs.
Ayub also took 1 wicket for 6 runs in his 2 overs and was also the player of the match due to his all-round performance. Now Ayub would like to maintain his form and perform well for his team.
Match Summary
Pakistan 207/10 (Saim Ayub 69, Hasan Nawaz 56, Saghir 44/3) beat UAE (Muhammad Waseem 33, Asif Khan 77, Hasan Ali 47/3) by 31 runs.
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