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Afghanistan reinvigorated their hopes of qualifying for the main round of the Asia Cup T20 with a thrilling three-wicket win over Oman in Fatullah on Saturday

United Arab Emirates stirred the qualifying round of the Asia Cup T20 with an upset over Afghanistan in a high-scoring opening match in Fatullah

ESPNcricinfo's guide to the four teams vying to emerge out of the Asia Cup's qualifying group

Mohammad Nabi is set to leave the Pakistan Super League and link-up with the Afghanistan squad ahead of their Asia Cup T20 qualifier clash against UAE

A round-up of the Under-19 World Cup matches played on February 12, 2016

Afghanistan have recalled the pace pair of Shapoor Zadran and Hamid Hassan for the World Twenty20 in India, which starts in March, although Hassan is not a part of the squad for the Asia Cup in Bangladesh which will be played in February

A round-up of the Under-19 World Cup games played on February 9, 2016

A round-up of the Under-19 World Cup games played on February 5, 2016

A round-up of the matches in the Under-19 World Cup on January 30

A round-up of the U-19 World Cup matches played on January 28, 2016

Scotland will play T20Is against Netherlands and UAE in Dubai as part of their preparations for the World T20

Neither of the three captains from Group B teams were short of confidence, but it was Ihsanullah, the Afghanistan Under-19 captain, who firmly said his team has set sights on the title

Afghanistan opener Mohammad Shahzad's whirlwind 118 last night has lifted him 12 places to No. 8 in the ICC rankings for T20 batsmen. His team-mate and fast bowler Dawlat Zadran is ranked at No. 8 as well among the bowlers

Mohammad Shahzad displayed trademark brute force and timing to make a record-breaking ton and lead Afghanistan to an 81-run win against Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Sharjah

Afghanistan are poised to capture a second trophy on this tour unless Zimbabwe, who have lost two matches on the trot now, can get themselves out of their funk

Dawlat Zadran held his nerve in the end to finish with 3 for 32 as Zimbabwe fell five short of Afghanistan's 187 for 7 in a heart-stopping thriller

Having moved into the top ten of the ODI rankings, Afghanistan will seek to extend their dominance over Zimbabwe into the T20 series

Gulbadin Naib produced a sensational knock to lift Afghanistan to a 3-2 series win against Zimbabwe after a two-wicket win

While the bowlers have been central to Zimbabwe's plans, Afghanistan have relied heavily on Mohammad Shahzad so far. Having come back from a 2-0 deficit, Zimbabwe start off as marginal favourites

Chamu Chibhabha scored a half-century and picked up four wickets, including that of the in-form Mohammad Shahzad, as Zimbabwe defended 226 and levelled the five-match series at 2-2