United Arab Emirates vs Pakistan Ball by Ball Commentary - T20I Tri-Series in UAE 2025

19.6Slows it up, does Hasan Ali, an off cutter, around off, on a fullish length. Junaid looks to smash it away, and misses to lay his bat on ball. PAKISTAN WIN BY 31 RUNS!

19.5Full and a slower delivery, angling outside the off stump, Siddique attempts to sail it over long on but misses.

19.4OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! The final rites being read! Third wicket for Hasan Ali! Bowls it full and on the leg stump line. Saghir Khan clears the front leg to tonk it over long on, but does not get his bat properly under the ball and mistimes it off the toe end. The ball sails straight down the throat of Mohammad Nawaz at long on. UAE lose their 8th wicket!

19.3Fuller delivery and angling toward the off pole. Haider Ali swings across the line and gets a leading edge and the ball drops in front of short third for a single.

19.2OUT! STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR AND GONE! Hasan Ali gets his second wicket! He slams the deck hard, short and on the stumps, kicking off the deck. Asif Khan shapes up to pull it over the leg side, but gets the ball high on the body and ends up top-edging it over square leg. Goes only as far as deep square leg and Sahibzada Farhan runs in a few yards from the deep and settles under it to take a fine catch. Good gesture from the tourists as every Pakistani player walks towards Asif and appreciates his blistering knock. A very entertaining inning from Asif Khan comes to an end as he departs with a broad smile, scoring 77 off just 35 balls.

19.1FOUR! Slashed away! Hasan lands it full and just around the off pole. Asif Khan waits for it to come, clears his front leg and gives himself some room. Opens the bat face late and slices it over and between backward point and short third for a boundary.

18.6Wild swing and a miss! Salman fires a full ball, around off, Saghir Khan goes hard at the delivery and tries to tonk it over long on, but the ball nibbles away to beat the outside edge. Salman Mirza finishes off his spell with figures of 4-0-43-1.

18.5SIX! WALLOP! Shortish delivery, slower one, on top of middle. Saghir Khan weighs on the back foot, waits for it and pulls it over deep square leg for a huge six.

18.4Low full toss, outside off, Asif Khan frees his arms and drives it between mid off and cover for a single.

18.3Takes pace off, does Mirza, on a length, across off. Asif Khan clears the the front leg and tries to smash it over covers, but connects thin air as he is beaten by the lack of pace.

18.2SIX! SMOKED! This is impressive batting from Khan! Into the slot, touch full and on off. Asif Khan gets his bat under the ball and hoists it behind the sightscreen for a mammoth six. 44 needed off 10 balls!

18.1FOUR! Cheeky! Mirza misses the yorker by a yard, slants it outside off, on a fuller length. Asif Khan shuffles across off and uses the pace of the ball to scoop it over short fine leg for a boundary.

18.1WIDE! Miles outside off, beyond the tramline. Asif happily lets it be. Wide called.

17.6Bowls it a touch fuller and keeps the line outside off, Saghir Khan extends his arms to reach out for it, but toe-ends it on the off side. Asif Khan refuses to take the single. Sufiyan Muqeem finishes his spell with the figure of 0/44.

17.5On the shorter and outside off, relatively quicker. Asif Khan mistimes the short towards off side,  and takes a run.

17.4FOUR! POWERED AWAY! Too short and wide outside off from Sufiyan Muqeem. Asif Khan hangs back and smashes it over the covers region for four runs. 150 up for United Arab Emirates!

17.3Yorker, on off, carved out to cover.

17.2SIX! AND AGAIN! OUTTA HERE! Dropped short from Muqeem, around middle and off. Asif Khan transfers the weight on the back foot and pulls it massively over deep mid-wicket. In fact, he sails it outside the stadium!

17.1SIX! Connected so well! FIFTY FOR ASIF KHAN! 6th T20I half century for him in his 50th match. Flighted ball, landed right into the wheelhouse, full and on middle. Asif Khan picks the length in a trice and smokes it over deep mid-wicket for a huge six. A highly entertaining inning from Asif so far.

16.6A slower off cutter, outside off. Saghir Khan tries to slog it across, but misses to connect.

16.5FOUR! Salman Mirza bowls a bumper, around off and surprises the batter a bit. Saghir Khan stays deep inside the crease and manages to flat bat it above the bowler's head. The ball just rolls down towards the fence, as Salman Agha chases it down and tries to stop with a dive. But the replay shows that he comes in contact with the cushions in the process, with the ball in his hand, and it is deemed as a boundary!

16.4Tries to spear in a yorker, but ends up in a full toss, wide outside off. Asif Khan reaches out for it and manages to play it towards deep point for a single.

16.3Full and outside off, angling away, this is slashed away to deep point for a single.

16.2OUT! EDGED AND GONE! CAUGHT BEHIND! Excellent effort from Mohammad Haris and Salman Mirza gets his first wicket! More importantly, he breaks this 54-run stand for the sixth wicket. Speared in fuller in length, angling outside the off stump. Dhruv Parashar tries to shovel it out to the off side, but outside edges it. The ball goes flat and to the right of Haris who dives and sticks out his right hand to take a one-handed grab. A sharp reflex catch from the keeper. Dhruv Parashar goes for 15 (19). United Arab Emirates are 130/6 and need 78 runs from 22 balls.

16.2WIDE! Cutting across the tramline, full in length. Dhruv Parashar opts to leave. Wide called.

16.1Angles across the off stump line, on a fullish length. Dhruv Parashar tries to muscle it downtown, swings for the hills, but misses to connect.

15.6Quicker and flatter, on off. Dhruv Parashar slashes it aerially towards sweeper cover and keeps the strike. Just 7 runs from this over.

15.5Keeps it fuller and attacks the stumps, Asif Khan drills it off the inner half towards deep mid-wicket for a single.

15.4Bowls it fuller and keeps the line at the stumps. Asif Khan whacks it across in the deep mid-wicket region for a couple of runs. This also brings up the 50-run partnership between Dhruv and Asif!

15.3Fuller and on the leg stump. Dhruv Parashar smashes it to the right of the bowler for a single at long on.

15.2Short and a googly, on the leg stump line. Dhruv Parashar shapes to pull it away, but does not account for the wrong' un dished out and misses.

15.2WIDE! A wrong 'un from Muqeem, miles outside off, on a length, trying to keep it away from the hitting arc. Dhruv Parashar throws everthing he has in the tank, swings hard at it, but misses to connect.

15.1Pushed through, too full and on middle. This is drilled down to long on for a single.

14.6Nails the wide yorker outside off. Asif Khan squeezes it out towards short third and takes a single. An expensive over from Hasan Ali, 19 runs coming off this over. 36 from the last two for UAE! They need 86 from 30 balls!

14.5SIX! KABOOM! Ali serves it again on a length, and this is a slower one, on off, Asif Khan clears out his front leg and obliterates it way over wide long on for a monstrous six.

14.4Bangs it on a shorter length, outside off, Dhruv Parashar hops up and steers it towards deep point to change the strike.

14.3Full and outside off, Asif Khan swings hard at it again, but gets an outside edge and the ball flies over backward point for a single.

14.2FOUR! Brute force! Another full delivery, in front of the sticks. Asif Khan clears the front leg to create room and lofts it over cover. The ball lands just inside the boundary ropes and it is called a four.

14.1SIX! MUSCLED! Hasan Ali serves it into the slot, a half volley, on middle. Asif Khan gets his front leg away from the line, swings through and hits it flat, over deep mid-wicket for a cracking six.

13.6Short and around off, Dhruv Parashar backs away and cuts it towards cover-point. 17 off the over!

13.5Flighted ball outside of, Dhruv charges down the track and looks to smash it over mid-wicket but ends up slicing it on the bounce to short third.

13.4SIX! Tossed up at the stumps, a bit full, Dhruv Parashar gets low and whacks it with the spin over deep mid-wicket for another biggie. The 100 comes up for United Arab Emirates!

13.3Drags the length back and bowls it on leg, Khan heaves it in front of deep square leg for one.

13.2SIX! Asif Khan is chancing his arm here! Flighted ball on off, Khan gets low and slogs it up and away, in front of deep mid-wicket for a biggie.

13.1FOUR! A boundary after a long while! Lobbed up around off, turns out to be a full toss and Asif Khan hammers it through covers for a boundary.

12.6Fuller and outside off, turning away. Dhruv Parashar plants his front leg across and looks to sweep but is well beaten.

12.5Flighted up on a dragged length, Asif waits back and taps it in front of point for another single.

12.4Floated up on a length and turning away from off, Dhruv Parashar stays back and eases it down to long off for a single.

12.3On the shorter side and around off, Parashar rocks back and punches it straight to covers.

12.2Fractionally short and around off, Asif Khan cuts it off the back foot and in front of point. The fielder makes a diving stop as the batters scamper across for one.

12.1Tossed up full and on middle and leg, nudged away in front of square leg for a run.

11.6Flighted ball, around off, Asif Khan looks to drive but misses.

11.5Flatter delivery, a tad short and at the stumps, jammed into the off side for a single.

11.4In and around off, driven away towards cover.

11.3A bit fuller and on off, Parashar punches it from the crease to covers.

11.2Quicker one, angled across off, cut away late and dabbed down to short third for one more.

11.1Dropped short and around leg, Dhruv Parashar stays back in his crease and turns it through backward square leg for a run.

10.6At the stumps again, flatter too, Dhruv Parashar rocks back and tucks it through wide mid on for one more.

10.5Fired in at the stumps, hit away off the back foot through mid-wicket for a single.

10.4No run there! Fuller in length and around off, Asif Khan lunges and blocks it to the off side, looking for a single but scampers back quickly.

10.3Flatter delivery around off, hit away down towards mid off for a single.

10.2OUT! CAUGHT! Straight to the fielder! Mohammad Nawaz tosses the ball up on the stumps, not all that full. Rahul Chopra gets down to sweep but gets a top edge that flies down to deep square leg. Sufiyan Muqeem settles under it and pouches it safely. Chopra looked set but walks back after scoring 11 (14). United Arab Emirates are 76/5, needing 132 runs!

10.1Flatter one, on a length and on off, Asif Khan dabs it into the off side for a single.

9.6Swing and a miss! Slower ball, into the deck and outside off, Rahul Chopra advances and looks to go over covers but is well beaten. Halfway into the chase and UAE are 75/4, needing another 133 runs to win.

9.6Wide! Dug in short and wide, too short though and the batter leaves it alone for a wide.

9.5Trying to be cheeky! Back of a length again and outside off, Rahul Chopra shuffles to the off side and looks to scoop but misses.

9.4Back of a length and outside off, nudged down past the diving backward point fielder for a single.

9.3Good length around off, punched down in front of covers.

9.2FOUR! Too much width on offer! Short of a length and outside off, slapped away behind point by Asif Khan for a boundary.

9.1Short of a length in the channel, lifting off the deck. Asif Khan looks to cut but misses.

8.6Fuller and quicker outside off, pushed into the off side by Rahul Chopra.

8.6No run.

8.5The carrom ball now, around off and moving away. Asif Khan dabs it down to short third for one.

8.4OUT! CAUGHT! Too much elevation, not enough power. Saim Ayub tosses this one up at the stumps, inviting the big shot. Alishan Sharafu falls into the trap, skips down the track and lofts it high towards long on. Sahibzada Farhan moves to his left and pouches it easily. United Arab Emirates are now reeling at 68/4, needing another 140 runs to win.

8.3Flatter delivery at the stumps, jammed out into the off side.

8.2Tossed up outside off, Rahul Chopra skips down the track and lofts it over the cover region for a single.

8.1Nicely floated up, on middle, Rahul Chopra leans on to defend.

7.6Shortish delivery and keeps the line outside off. Rahul Chopra belts the pull shot towards cow corner for an easy single. 9 runs coming off this over.

7.5Hits the length hard on off. Rahul Chopra gets on his toes and bunts it towards covers.

7.4Bowls the off-cutter, on a length and around off. Rahul Chopra knocks it towards mid off and sets off for a quick single. Salman Agha steams towards the ball and has a shy at the non-striker's end. The ball hits the stumps and deflects behind, which allows the batter to run one more.

7.3FOUR! SHOT! Short of length ball and width on offer, outside off. Rahul accepts it gleefully and thrashes it through the cover region for a boundary.

7.2Length-delivery, wide outside off. Sharafu punches it to deep backward point for another single.

7.1Good length and outside off. Rahul rocks back cuts it to Hasan Nawaz at deep point. A fumble in the deep, but only a single.

6.6Shorter and pitched outside off. Rahul Chopra creates room and cuts it to deep point for one.

6.5Good length around off, turns away. Sharafu pushes it to point for a quick run.

6.4Shortish delivery, on the stumps, punched back to the bowler.

6.3Pushed through, full and on the stumps, clipped to square leg for an easy single.

6.2Spins away from outside off, on a shade fuller length, Rahul Chopra hangs back and steers it to short third.

6.1Length on middle and leg, Alishan Sharafu nudges it to mid-wicket for a single.

5.6OUT! GONE! CAUGHT BEHIND! Two in two for Hasan Ali! Ali bends his back and bowls the effort delivery into the surface. Targets the bodyline, and the ball skids off the surface as well. Ethan D'souza doesn't read the pace behind it and gets late to play the pull shot. The ball hits the gloves and goes behind to the right of the keeper. Mohammad Haris dives full-stretch to his right and completes the catch. From 54/1, United Arab Emirates have slipped down to 54/3 at the end of the Powerplay, needing 154 runs to win.

5.5OUT! RUN OUT! A waste of a wicket and this is a massive blow to the home team! Short from Hasan, on the bodyline, Ethan D'souza pulls it to mid-wicket. The fielder there fumbles and the ball is parried behind. The batters call for the second and complete. With the fielder from long on, getting to the ball by running to his left, Ethan sniffs the third run and calls Waseem for it. The throw arrives at Hasan Ali, with Waseem struggling to make his ground. Hasan collects it and throws the ball into the stumps at the non-striker's end. The replay shows that even the dive from Waseem couldn't save him as he is caught short of his crease. Muhammad Waseem is distraught and trudges off for a fine 33 off just 18. United Arab Emirates are 54/2.

5.4Ali pulls his length back, seeing Muhammad Waseem skips down the track and follows him up on leg. Muhammad Waseem gets cramped up for the room and ends up bunting it towards mid off and takes a run.

5.3On a hard length, around off, Muhammad Waseem cuts it through cover-point for a single. This brings up the 50 for United Arab Emirates!

5.2The length is pulled back and the pace is taken off this time. On a length, on top of middle. Waseem again backs away and tries to cut it square on the off side, but the ball just kicks up a bit to beat the outside edge.

5.1SIX! THAT IS MASSIVE! The skipper showing his muscle! Hasan Ali serves a juicy half volley, on middle. Muhammad Waseem shuffles to the leg side to create space for himself. Gets his bat right under the ball and hoists it downtown for a massive six. Waseem moves to 30 off just 16 balls!

4.6Floated, full and around off, turns into the batter. Ethan D'souza strides forward and defends it. Good over from Mohammad Nawaz, just 4 runs off it and a wicket as well.

4.5Spears it full and around the stumps, Muhammad Waseem lunges forward to drop it beside the deck on the leg side, and sets off for a quick single. Mohammad Nawaz chases it on the follow-through and does well to reach for it. A single is taken.

4.4Keeps it flatter and attacks the stumps. Muhammad Waseem doesn't read the length and sits down the play the sweep shot. The ball catches the inside edge and deflects onto the pads.

4.3Lands safe! Floated fuller and outside off. Muhammad Waseem is lured in the flight, backs away and lofts it inside out over cover. However, with the lack of timing the ball goes only as far as deep extra cover and plugs in the field. Two taken.

4.2Touch full and on the leg stump, Ethan D'souza clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

4.1OUT! GONE! CAUGHT! Mohammad Nawaz with the first breakthrough for Pakistan. He bowls from around the stumps and drags the length, short and on middle, giving less space to work with for Zohaib. The southpaw is hurried to go deep inside the crease to make room for himself, but mistimes it flat and off the toe end of the bat. Hits it straight to Hasan Nawaz at cover who takes a simple catch. Muhammad Zohaib goes for 13 (14) and the United Arab Emirates are 39/1.

3.6Pushed across the right-hander, on a length and around off. Muhammad Waseem looks to play that away from the body and gets a thick outside edge as the ball goes towards short third. A dot to finish off from Salman Mirza.

3.5Bowls around the pads line, length delivery, Muhammad Waseem holds his shape to clip that to the right of short fine leg. Hasan Ali chases it down and cuts it off. Two runs taken in the meantime.

3.4On top of off, on a length, Muhammad Zohaib chops it to backward point and sets off for a quick single.

3.3On a good length, on off, Muhammad Zohaib knocks it straight to mid off.

3.3FIVE WIDES! Ordinary bowling this, and runs are flowing for the UAE! Way too short, climbing over the batter's head height. Muhammad Zohaib sways away from the line and ducks. The ball flies over the leaping Mohammad Haris behind the stumps and races away to the fence.

3.2Back of a length, jagging back in a touch. Muhammad Zohaib gets right behind the line and blocks it watchfully.

3.1FOUR! This is a very positive start for the hosts! Mirza feeds in a half volley around off. Muhammad Zohaib climbs over it and smashes it over cover for a cracking boundary.

2.6Bowls it a bit slower this time, a touch fuller and outside off, gets the ball to turn away. Muhammad Waseem gets down to play the sweep again, but gets beaten by the spin and bounce. 9 runs off Mohammad Nawaz's first over. 21 runs off the last two overs for the United Arab Emirates!

2.5FOUR! This time on the other side of the square! Fractionally short, outside off from Mohammad Nawaz. Muhammad Waseem gets back and punches it in the gap between cover and point for four more runs. Mohammad Nawaz gets a bit predictable on this occasion.

2.4FOUR! Swept across perfectly! Mohammad Nawaz drops it fuller and straighter at the stumps, with not much spin on it. Muhammad Waseem sits down and nails the sweep shot to beat the square leg fielder on his right for four runs.

2.3A huge, prolonged appeal for LBW, but not entertained. Pitching outside leg? An in-drifter, landing somewhere around the leg stump line, and turns away to the middle stump. Waseem is forced to draw his front foot out and tries to push it away, but plays all over it and is struck on the front pad. The replay shows that it just might have pitched outside leg.

2.2Drag-downer, on the leg stump. Muhammad Zohaib knocks it to the vacant mid-wicket region for a single.

2.1Quicker and shorter, across off, on a length. Zohaib backs away and punches it straight to cover.

1.6SIX! Takes the aerial route! Hasan Ali stays on the shorter side and bowls it at the stumps. Muhammad Waseem climbs on it, and just smashes it uppishly over the backward point region for half a dozen. 12 runs off the Hasan Ali over.

1.5FOUR! UP AND OVER! Hasan Ali keeps it short and around middle. Muhammad Waseem steps out and stays on the leg side to slap it over mid off for four runs.

1.4Back-of-a-length delivery, just around off, Muhammad Zohaib swipes it through square leg for a single.

1.3Short of a length, outside off. Muhammad Waseem punches it to the right of cover for a quick single. The skipper is off the mark!

1.2On a good length, nibbling away from off. Muhammad Waseem without moving his feet toward the ball, tries to slash it through the off side, and gets beaten on the outside edge.

1.1Back of a length, outside off, punched on the rise to the off side.

0.6No run. Full and just outside off, firmly driven to cover. Tidy start from Salman Mirza. Just 6 off the opening over.

0.5FOUR! A streaky one! Salman Mirza drops it on a good length, just outside off, a hint of away swing. Muhammad Zohaib goes to play that on the off side with hard hands and ends up chopping the inside edge. The ball shoots over the stumps and races behind to the fine leg fence to beat the keeper on his right for the first boundary.

0.4Digs in a sharp short ball towards the right shoulder of Muhammad Zohaib, who sets up for the pull but the ball skids on to hit the gloves and dribbles towards short fine for a dot.

0.3IN THE AIR... Lands safe! Pitched full and around the off pole. Muhammad Zohaib mistimes it high up in the air, and straight down the ground off the toe end. Luckily for him, the ball lands in the safe zone and is chased by one of the fielders from the inner ring. Two taken. UAE and Zohaib are off the mark in the chase.

0.2The length is pulled back, outside off. Zohaib opens the bat face early and steers it to backward point.

0.1Sharp tail into the batter, full and on middle. Muhammad Zohaib brings the bat in front and blocks it out.