Afghanistan The UAE will take Pakistan in the first match of the T20I TRI series. This article provides details about the play of 11 vs Pakistan of Afghanistan for the first match of the series.
Afghanistan 11 vs Pakistan- UAE T20I Tri Series 2025, Match 1:
Opener: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Ibrahim Zadran
Afghanistan has been a force to reconnex with white ball cricket over the years and has become better among the major Test-playing nations including Pakistan, which they are going to face in the Tri-series opener.
The Afghans got better than their neighbors in the 2023 ODI World Cup, after which the 2–1 series in the T20 format against Pakistan won, and the same year in the semi-finals of the Asian Games.
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Although Rashid Khan-led side has not played T20I cricket this year, they will be convinced to beat Pakistan in all three departments of the game in the three-series opener.
Afghans will do banks on the fact that they have a good mix of youth and are spent with players to taste the play in separate T20 leagues worldwide.
The team will open an innings against Pakistan with the pair of Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran, both have been an integral part of the Afghan team for the last few years.
The pair will see the team to make a good start in the first six overs and pressurize the opposition.
Middle-order batsman and all-rounders: Sedikullah Atal, Azmatullah Omrajai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan (C)
After the opener, there will be a middle order, with the presence of names like Azmatullah Omrajai, Karim Jans, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib and Captain, Rashid Khan.
Afghanistan also includes 24 -year -old batsman Sedikullah Atal, who has shown what he is able to do in limited occasions that he has done in ODI cricket and wants to repeat it in T20I cricket as well.
The Afghan team will expect the team management to expect freedom for the batsmen, given the depth of such batting that the team is running at number eight with Rashid Khan.
Saying that in the upcoming match, the top four batsmen will be on the scoring wholesale for Afghanistan.
Bowler: Mujib ur Rehman, Noor Ahmed, Fazlak Farooqui
The batting team also has several options in the bowling department, and the spinners will be led.
Spinners who have always been the strength of Afghanistan will appear on a strong performance on a strong performance in useful conditions for slow bowlers.
The team will rely on the experienced trio of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi, and Mujib ur Rehman, with Nsnoor Ahmed the fourth spinner.
As far as the team’s fast bowling is concerned, the Afghans are expected to go with only one expert fast bowler as Fazalhak Farooqui, who will be assisted by all-rounders Azmatullah Omrajai, Gulbadin Naib and Karim Jans.