3rd T20I, Abu Dhabi, February 19, 2023, 07:30 PM
United Arab Emirates
163/6(20.0ov)
Afghanistan
166/4(19.1ov)
Afghanistan beat United Arab Emirates by 6 wickets
Best Batsmen
R
B
4S
6S
SR
Best Bowler
O
R
W
Econ
Man of the Match
Karim Janat
Commentry
Rashid Khan has been handed the trophy and his teammates join him to celebrate. That is it! The series turned out to be an interesting one but Afghanistan win in the end. Hope you enjoyed the coverage. Keep joining us as cricket keeps on coming. For now, it is goodbye and cheers.
Rashid Khan says it was a great series and United Arab Emirates played really good cricket. Adds his players played really well. Reckons he believes they have a very good batting line up and applauds the performance of Janat.
Chundangapoyil Rizwan says they were in the game with the bat but were 20 runs short. With the ball, they were in till the 14th over but Janat played really well. Adds they have a lot of learnings from this game. Hopes to improve more.
Karim Janat wins the Player of the Match award. He says he came on a difficult time but it was a good pitch to bat. Adds he has played a lot of matches like this and he loves the pressure. Thanks the cowed for the support.mo
...Presentation time...
Earlier, United Arab Emirates were 120/1 and were looking for a score around 180 but Afghanistan pulled them back to keep around 160. It was not enough as Afghanistan won comfortably. As said before, the fielding was too below par but a good learning curve for United Arab Emirates.
It was not a one-way game as Afghanistan were struggling with the bat. They got a good start but kept on losing wickets. At one stage, looked like this game will go down the wire but Zadran did well to stay till the deep and Janat went absolutely bonkers as he came out with intent and different ideas to score in quick time and score a match-winning fifty.
United Arab Emirates will be disappointed! At the halfway mark the game was poised and tilted toward UAE. There was some assist from the pitch as well but were too ordinary on the field. They even dropped Zadran who went onto anchor the innings. The total they got was enough and could have won if they didn't drop those catches.
What a knock by Janat! A special, special knock by the man! He was on a mission and Afghanistan have won the series as well. United Arab Emirates were almost there but too many dropped catches and extras didn't help them. However, they gave a good fight and made this series very interesting. Afghanistan were the favorites and have won it.
In over# 20
6
Raja Akif 37/1(3.1)
19.1
6
SIX! Janat finishes it off in style! This is full and on off, Janat tonks it over long off for a biggie. Afghanistan win by 6 wickets.
In over# 19
1
1
1
0
2
4
Junaid Siddique 33/0(4)
18.6
1
Length and on off, Janat steps across and flicks i to square leg for one. A special knock from Janat. He gets his fifty. Well played.
18.5
1
6 runs needed now. Length and on off, Zadran works it to long on for a single.
18.4
1
A full toss, outside off, Janat heaves it to deep mid-wicket for a single.
18.3
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Well bowled! A yorker on middle. Janat jams it out well to the bowler.
18.2
2
On middle, this is pulled to deep square leg for a couple. 7 runs needed now.
18.1
4
FOUR! Shot! On a fuller side, outside off. Janat smashes it over long off for a boundary.
In over# 18
1
1wd
0
1
6
1
4
Zahoor Khan 28/2(4)