Asia Cup: Pakistan, Fakhar Zaman's half -century, gives a target of 147 runs to the UAE

Dubai, September 17 (IANS). In his last match of the Asia Cup in the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Pakistan set a target of 147 runs to win against the UAE. The UAE won the throw and decided to bowl. Pakistan had a very bad start to bat first. Saim Ayub’s poor form continued and he was again discharged for zero. At the same time, Sahibzada Farhan was also rejected for 5 runs. Pakistan, who lost both his openers for 9 runs, received the support of Fakhar Zaman and captain Salman Ali Aga. Both shared a 61 -Run partnership for the third wicket. Salman Ali Aga was rejected as the third wicket on a score of 70 by scoring 20 runs from 27 balls. After this, the process of falling wickets continued. Fakhar Zaman scored the most 50 runs. Fakhar beat 3 sixes and 2 fours in a 36 -ball turn. After this, Shaheen Afridi scored an unbeaten 29 out of 14 balls with 2 sixes and 3 fours. Mohammad Haris scored 18 runs. Based on this turn, Pakistan scored 146 runs for 9 wickets. For the UAE, Junaid Siddiqui took 4 wickets for 18 runs in 4 overs and Simranjit Singh took 3 wickets for 26 runs in 4 overs. Dhruv Parashar got 1 wicket. Pakistan-Uae game has begun. The match started with a delay of 1 hour. The throw did not take place at 7:30 pm Indian time and the match started at 9pm instead of 20:00. According to a report from ESPNCRICINFO, the UAE and Pakistan apologized to the PCB before the match referee Andy Pikeroft for the controversy during the India Pakistan match. According to PCB, Pycroft described misunderstandings as the reason for the controversy. PCB also released a video in which Andy Picroft is seen at the officials of the Cricket Board of Pakistan and Captain Salman Ali Aga. In the meeting, Pakistan team manager Naveed Akram Ceema, Captain Aga and coach Hessen Pikeroft are seen talking. Wasim Khan was also present of the ICC. PCB allowed the Pakistan cricket team to play against the UAE after Pycroft apologized. -Ians pack/ share these story tags