AFG vs PAK Highlights T20 World Cup 2021: Asif Ali blitz, Babar Azam's 50 take Pakistan to 5-wicket win vs Afghanistan

AFG vs PAK Highlights T20 World Cup 2021.

Afghanistan vs Pakistan Highlights: Pakistan bagged their third win on the trot by beating Afghanistan by 5 wickets in Dubai. In their chase of 148 in 20 overs, Pakistan stuttered to 38/1 after 6 overs. They faced an early hiccup as Mujeeb Ur Rahman dismissed Mohammad Rizwan cheaply. Fakhar Zaman and skipper Babar Azam then steadied the team's ship, by finding regular boundaries and rotating the strike ably to register a 50-run partnership. They reached 72/1 after 10 overs. In the next 5 overs, they lost 2 wickets for 29 runs as Fakhar Zaman (30) was dismissed by Nabi, while Rashid Khan scalped the wicket of Mohammad Hafeez, With that wicket, he became the fastest bowler to 100 T20I wickets. Babar Azam reached 50 before being bowled by Rashid Khan. AFG picked up wickets in quick succession. But it was Asif Ali's unbeaten 7-ball 25 that took the side over the line with 6 balls and 5 wickets to spare. Earlier in the first over, courtesy of an unbeaten 35 each from Gulbadin and Mohammad Nabi, and their unbeaten 71-run stand, Afghanistan posted 147/6 in 20 overs. Earlier, we witnessed one of the most entertaining powerplays of the tournament so far. While Afghanistan blasted 49 in the first 6 overs, Pakistan managed to bag four wickets. Shaheen Shah Afridi, Imad Wasim, Hasan Rauf, and Hasan Ali bagged a wicket each. Wasim bagged one more wicket as Afghanistan, at the halfway stage, stuttered to 65/5. In the next five overs, the Afghans could only manage to add 28 runs, while losing Najib to Shadab Khan. Unbeaten Afghanistan, led by Mohammad Nabi, will bat first against Pakistan. Just like AFG, Babar' Azam PAK are also unbeaten and interestingly, both sides remain unchanged from their previous fixtures.