Nawaz’s 5 Wickets End #2 Hype, Pakistan Lift UAE Series

The 5 wickets haul by Muhammad Nawaz, including a key hat-trick, helped team Pakistan in lifting the trophy UAE Tri-Nation Sereis 2025 by crushing all 2nd best Asian team rumours.

Pakistan’s Batting

Pakistan team lost their crucial wicket in the first over in the form of Sahibzada Farhan who bowled by Fazalhaq. This earyly loss put the team Pakistan quite under pressure resulting in slow run rate. However, Fakhar and Saim tried and secured some boundaries and help team Pakistan in securing 41 runs at the end of the first power-play.

Back-to-back loss for team Pakistan

However, in the 8th over, Saim was caught by Rashid Khan. He scored 17 runs facing 19 deliveries. In the very next over, Fakhar Zaman got lbw by Rashid Khan and team Pakistan lost their 3rd crucial wicket. He scored 27 runs on 26 balls. Hasan Nawaz tried to shift the pressure back towards the team Afghanistan by securing a boundary of 4 runs in the 9th over. He followed that up with a six in the very next over.

Two more wickets for Afghanistan in 2 Consecutive Overs

However, in the 11th over, Hasan tried to play the delivery for a big shot but, the ball tossed up in the air and Darwish Rasooli took a comfortable catch. In the very next over, Muhammad Haris was bowled by Noor Ahmad while trying for sweep shot. He scored only 2 runs facing off 3 deliveries.

3 Most Awaited Sixes for team Pakistan

Luckily for team Pakistan, Nawaz managed to hit the 5th delivery of the 15th over for a six. Pakistani team’s captain, Salman Ali Agha followed this up by securing two more sixes from the very next over.

Salman and Faheem’s Departure

Salman Ali Agha was caught by Ghazanfar, while trying for a pull shot on the fifth delivery of the 17 over. However, Faheem Ahsraf managed to close the over by securing a boundary of four runs. He managed to secure a four from the very next over. He follwoed that up with a six in the 19th over. However, on the very next delivery, he got edged and taken by Gurbaz. He contributed 15 crucial runs for team Pakistan.

Target

With the help of Muhammad Nawaz‘s six in the last over, Pakistan team managed to set a target of 142 runs for team Afghanistan in the final match of the UAE T20I Tri-Nation Series.

Afghanistan’s Batting

2 Early losses for team Afghanistan

Team Afghanistan’s start was not much different from team Pakistan, as they lost their first wicket in the 2nd over in the form of Gurbaz who edged and caught by Sahibzada Farhan. He{c Sahibzada Farhan and b Faheem Ashraf} managed to score only 5 runs facing off 4 deliveries. In the 5th over, Faheem struck again, when Sediqullah Atal miscued the ball and caught by Abrar Ahmad. He scored 15 runs with the help of 2 fours, facing off 13 deliveries

Nawaz’s Hat-trick

For the last over of the first power play, team Pakistan decided to go with Muhammad Nawaz. This decision proved to be beneficial for team Pakistan, when Muhammad Nawaz managed to remove Darwish Rasooli with the help of LBW. On the very next and last delivery of the 6th over, Azmatullah edged and caught by Muhammad Haris behind the wickets. Now it was the end of the 6th over, and Nawaz was on a hat-trick. Guess what he cashed it. For the 8th over, Ibrahim Zadran came out of his crease to play the delivery but failed to connect the ball. As a result, Muhammad Haris stumped him. This Hat-trick shifted the pressure completely towards team Afghanistan. By the half way, team Afghanistan was standing at 44 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Rashid Khan’s Departure and Fifer for Nawaz.

In the 11th over, Muhammad Nabi tried to play for a big shot, but the ball went towards the cover, where, the captain Salman Ali Agha took the catch without making any mistake. In the 13th over, Rashid Khan smashed the ball for a six. With the help of this six team Afghanistan crossed 50 runs. However, on the very next delivery, he tried to go for a big shot again, but the ball went high into the air and Salman Ali Agha once again took the catch. Meanwhile, with the help of this wicket Muhammad Nawaz completed his fifer.

In the 14 over, on the very first delivery, Sufiyan Muqeem managed to withdraw an edge from Noor Ahamd, which was comfortably taken by Abrar Ahmad. Now, team Pakistan was just one wicket away from lifting the trophy of UAE T20I Tri-Nation Series 2025. However, Ghazanfar smashed the 5th delivery of the 14th over, for a six.

Champions of UAE T20I Tri-Nation Series 2025

In 16th over, Sufiyan Muqeem took the 10th wicket for team Pakistan, when Ghazanfar was caught out by Abrar Ahamd. As a result, team Afghanistan were all out on 66 runs and team Pakistan won the match and hence the title of the UAE T2I Tri Nation Series 2025 by 75 runs.

Summary

Team Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first. The match seemed to be quite in the fever of the bowlers as both team were facing difficulties in batting. Batting first, team Pakistan lost their first wicket in the very first over, followed up by 2 more losses in the 8th and 9th over. They lost their two more wicekts in the 11th and 12th over. At the end of the 20th over, team Pakistan set a target of 142 runs for team Afghanistan in the final match of the UAE T20I Tri-Nation Series 2025.

In the chase of 142 runs, team Afghanistan lost their crucial wickets in the first 5 overs, followed by two more wickets on the last two ball of the first power-play. This helped Muhammad Nawaz to clinch his hat-trick with the help of a wicket on the first ball of the 8th over. He also secured a fifer for his team. As a result team Afghanistan were all out on 66 runs and team Pakistan won the match by 75 runs and won the title of the UAE T20I Series 2025.