Afghanistan Vs UAE Live Score, T20I Tri-series, Match 6: AFG Openers Lay Steady Platform Against Hosts

Afghanistan have pushed a little now, taking calculated risks rather than rash shots. Skipper Ibrahim Zadran hits a four and a six off Muhammad Farooq as the first innings reaches its halfway stage. The Afghan foundation looks strong.

Afghanistan continue in cruise mode with steady singles and the odd boundary here and there. The big question now is when the openers will look to accelerate.

At the end of the powerplay Afghanistan are off to a cautious yet solid start with 40 runs on the board and no wickets lost. They will now look to capitalise on this foundation and aim for a big total. For UAE this is not a major setback as their bowling has shown discipline in patches but they will need to create wicket taking opportunities to contain Afghanistan.

After a quiet start with just 6 runs from the first two overs, Afghanistan have shifted gears by collecting 11 runs off the third over. Gurbaz with a six and a four.

A slow start as the ball shows some shape. Caution from the Afghanistan openers with Junaid Siddique taking the new ball for UAE.

UAE Playing 11: Muhammad Waseem (c), Muhammad Zohaib, Asif Khan, Alishan Sharafu, Rahul Chopra (wk), Harshit Kaushik, Haider Ali, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Rohid, Junaid Siddique, Simranjeet Singh

Afghanistan Playing 11: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran (c), Karim Janat, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Gulbadin Naib, Abdullah Ahmadzai

Afghanistan have won the toss and elected to bat first.

Afghanistan Squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Sediqullah Atal, Ibrahim Zadran, Azmatullah Omarzai, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan(c), Darwish Rasooli, AM Ghazanfar, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdullah Ahmadzai, Mohammad Ishaq, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Gulbadin Naib

United Arab Emirates Squad: Alishan Sharafu, Muhammad Waseem(c), Ethan DSouza, Rahul Chopra(w), Asif Khan, Harshit Kaushik, Dhruv Parashar, Haider Ali, Muhammad Jawadullah, Muhammad Rohid Khan, Junaid Siddique, Muhammad Farooq, Aryansh Sharma, Saghir Khan, Muhammad Zohaib

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the sixth match of the UAE Tri-series between Afghanistan and UAE at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, UAE.