Dubai: After thrashing India and New Zealand recently, the Pakistan definitely will be high on confidence eyeing another victory against Afghanistan today at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The Pakistan will also look for hat-trick win as previously they have won both the matches against their opponents.
This game is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST) and the live-action can be viewed on Star Sports Network.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan
In the last match against Scotland, Afghanistan won by mammoth margin of 160 runs. The Scotland couldn't perform well in the match and could only put up 60 runs and lost their opening tournament. Those who watched the match could easily tell that players like Najeebullah, Gurbaz and Zazai batted well. On the bowling side, Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan together hunted 9 scalps in the game.
On the other hand, the Pakistan in their last match thrashed New Zealand and won the game by 5 wickets. The kiwis posted 134 runs on scoreboard to which Pakistan chased down in the 19th over. GFrom Pakistan side, Haris Rauf took 4 wickets.
In the last match when they faced each other, Pakistan defeated Afghanistan by 6 wickets.
Notably, Pakistan is in great form both in batting department and bowling department. The team has registered back to back win against two of the biggest teams of the tournament.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan Head to Head Records
In 2013, the teams played with each other where Pakistan won the match by six wickets with a delivery to spare.
Afghanistan vs Pakistan playing 11
Afghanistan: Hazratullah Zazai, Mohammad Shahzad (wk), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi (c), Asghar Afghan, Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Pakistan: Babar Azam©, Mohammad Rizwan(wk), Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Asif Ali, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf
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