Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hazratullah Zazai	c Aravind b Aayan Afzal Khan	13	16	-	1	1	81.25
Rahmanullah Gurbaz †	c Basil Hameed b Junaid Siddique	100	52	-	7	7	192.30
Ibrahim Zadran (c)	c Khalid Shah b Muhammad Jawadullah	59	43	-	4	2	137.20
Azmatullah Omarzai	not out	19	8	-	2	1	237.50
Mohammad Nabi	not out	4	1	-	1	0	400.00
Extras	(b 5, lb 1, w 2)	8
Total	20 Ov (RR: 10.15)	203/3
Did not bat: Najibullah Zadran, Karim Janat, Qais Ahmad, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq, Fazalhaq Farooqi
Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Hazratullah Zazai, 4.1 ov), 2-168 (Rahmanullah Gurbaz, 16.6 ov), 3-199 (Ibrahim Zadran, 19.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Muhammad Jawadullah	4	0	36	1	9.00	8	5	1	0	0
19.5 to Ibrahim Zadran, . 199/3
Junaid Siddique	4	0	42	1	10.50	8	2	3	2	0
16.6 to Rahmanullah Gurbaz, . 168/2
Aayan Afzal Khan	4	0	26	1	6.50	12	2	1	0	0
4.1 to Hazratullah Zazai, . 31/1
Nilansh Keswani	3	0	44	0	14.66	2	3	3	0	0
Ali Naseer	4	0	32	0	8.00	9	1	2	0	0
Basil Hameed	1	0	17	0	17.00	0	2	1	0	0

United Arab Emirates (T: 204 runs from 20 ovs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Muhammad Waseem (c)	c Hazratullah Zazai b Naveen-ul-Haq	4	5	-	0	0	80.00
Khalid Shah	b Fazalhaq Farooqi	0	3	-	0	0	0.00
Vriitya Aravind	not out	70	64	-	7	1	109.37
Samal Udawaththa	c Qais Ahmad b Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	10	-	0	0	40.00
Basil Hameed	lbw b Qais Ahmad	18	14	-	2	1	128.57
Tanish Suri †	not out	20	25	-	1	0	80.00
Extras	(lb 4, nb 1, w 10)	15
Total	20 Ov (RR: 6.55)	131/4
Did not bat: Ali Naseer, Aayan Afzal Khan, Nilansh Keswani, Muhammad Jawadullah, Junaid Siddique
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Khalid Shah, 0.5 ov), 2-6 (Muhammad Waseem, 1.4 ov), 3-23 (Samal Udawaththa, 4.3 ov), 4-56 (Basil Hameed, 9.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	0	19	2	4.75	15	2	0	2	0
0.5 to Khalid Shah, . 2/1 4.3 to S Udawaththa, . 23/3
Naveen-ul-Haq	4	0	25	1	6.25	11	1	0	2	0
1.4 to Muhammad Waseem, . 6/2
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	0	32	0	8.00	10	3	1	2	0
Noor Ahmad	3	0	14	0	4.66	10	1	0	0	1
Qais Ahmad	3	0	28	1	9.33	4	3	1	0	0
9.6 to Basil Hameed, . 56/4
Mohammad Nabi	2	0	9	0	4.50	4	0	0	0	0

Match Flow

Afghanistan innings
Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 1 wicket)
Afghanistan: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 2
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 50 off 24 balls (4 x 4, 4 x 6)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 44, Ibrahim Zadran 9, Ex 1)
Drinks: Afghanistan - 91/1 in 10.0 overs (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 65, Ibrahim Zadran 10)
Afghanistan: 100 runs in 11.2 overs (68 balls), Extras 3
2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 59 balls (Rahmanullah Gurbaz 72, Ibrahim Zadran 23, Ex 5)
Afghanistan: 150 runs in 15.3 overs (93 balls), Extras 7
Rahmanullah Gurbaz: 100 off 50 balls (7 x 4, 7 x 6)
Ibrahim Zadran: 50 off 37 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
Afghanistan: 200 runs in 19.6 overs (120 balls), Extras 8
Innings Break: Afghanistan - 203/3 in 20.0 overs (Azmatullah Omarzai 19, Mohammad Nabi 4)

Match Details

Sharjah Cricket Stadium
Toss	United Arab Emirates, elected to field first
Series	Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Rahmanullah Gurbaz
Series result	Afghanistan led the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	T20I no. 2424
Hours of play (local time)	18.00 start, First Session 18.00-19.30, Interval 19.30-19.50, Second Session 19.50-21.20
Match days	29 December 2023 - daynight (20-over match)
T20I debut	Samal Udawaththa Tanish Suri
T20 debut	Samal Udawaththa Tanish Suri
Umpires	Aasif Iqbal Shiju Sam
TV Umpire	Akbar Ali
Reserve Umpire	Suneej K Thottathil
Match Referee	Andy Pycroft

Language

English

Win Probability

AFG 100%

AFGUAE

100%50%100%

Over 20 • UAE 131/4

Afghanistan won by 72 runs

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U.A.E. Innings

Player Name	O	R	W	Econ
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4	19	2	4.75
Naveen-ul-Haq	4	25	1	6.25
Azmatullah Omarzai	4	32	0	8
Noor Ahmad	3	14	0	4.66 (1 nb)
Qais Ahmad	3	28	1	9.33
Mohammad Nabi	2	9	0	4.5

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