29/12Result

1st T20I (D/N), Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Dec 29 2023

AfghanistanAfghanistanAFG
203/3
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesUAE
131/4 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 72 runs

Player of the Match

Rahmanullah GurbazAfghanistan

29/12Result

1st T20I (D/N), Afghanistan tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Dec 29 2023

AfghanistanAfghanistanAFG
203/3
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesUAE
131/4 (20 ov)

Afghanistan won by 72 runs

Player of the Match

Rahmanullah GurbazAfghanistan

Match Day

140dESPNcricinfo staff

Gurbaz 100 powers Afghanistan to big win in first T20I against UAE

UAE were reduced to 56 for 4 in the chase of 204, meaning even an unbeaten 70 from Vriitya Aravind was not enough to stave off heavy defeat

141dESPNcricinfo staff

Farooqi, Naveen in Afghanistan squad after 'demonstrating strong desire to represent country'

Mujeeb Ur Rahman omitted for series against UAE following ACB sanctions, after trio had requested to be released from central contracts for 2024

U.A.E. INNINGS		R	B
Muhammad Waseem	caught	4	5
Khalid Shah	bowled	0	3
V Aravind	not out	70	64
S Udawaththa	caught	4	10
Basil Hameed	lbw	18	14
T Suri	not out	20	25
Ali Naseer
Aayan Afzal Khan
Nilansh Keswani
Muhammad Jawadullah
Junaid Siddique
EXTRAS	(lb 4, w 10, nb 1)
TOTAL	131 (4 wkts; 20 ovs)

Afghanistan BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
Fazalhaq Farooqi	4.0	0	19	2	4.75	(2w)
Naveen-ul-Haq	4.0	0	25	1	6.25	(2w)
Azmatullah Omarzai	4.0	0	32	0	8.00	(2w)
Noor Ahmad	3.0	0	14	0	4.66	(1nb)
Qais Ahmad	3.0	0	28	1	9.33
Mohammad Nabi	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

U.A.E. 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	2	Khalid Shah	Muhammad Waseem
2nd	4	V Aravind	Muhammad Waseem
3rd	17	V Aravind	S Udawaththa
4th	33	V Aravind	Basil Hameed
5th	75	V Aravind	T Suri