👉 “Wounded Pakistan clash with UAE in a must-win battle”
Both teams will have to win this match to join India in the Super Four round from Group A and the loser will be eliminated from the Asia Cup.
Pak-vs-UAE-match prediction -playing 11 for his performance
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Head coach Mike Hasson has made it clear that Pakistan’s loss to India was not due to any fault of the team selection or players. Pakistan has fielded the same playing XI in the last 3 matches and there will be no change in today’s match.
The playing 11 for Pakistan vs UAE match results are as follows:
Pakistan ; 1 ( Fakhar Zaman ), 2 ( Saim Ayub ) , 3 Sahibzada Farhan . 4 Muhammad Haris , 5 Salman Ali Agha ( CAPT) 6 Hassan Nawaz , 7 Muhammad Nawaz , 8 Faheem Ashraf . 9 Shaheen Afridi , 10 Sufiyan Muqeem , 11 Abrar Ahmed .
UAE have a good playing XI that gave them a perfect win over Oman. Chances are they will take the field with the same playing XI today to get another win.
OMAN ; 1Ali Shan Sharafu 2 Muhammad Waseem 9 cap) 3 Muhammad Zohaib 4 Asif Khan 5 Harshik Kaushik . 6 Rahul Chopra (wk) 7 Dhru Parashar 8 Haider Ali, 9 Muhammad Rohid Khan, 10 Muhammad Jawadullah, 11 Junaid Siddiqu
Pitch Condition
The pitch is quite firm today and it seems that the pitch will help the slow bowlers a lot today.
Match Insights: Stats and Trivia Ahead of the Clash
Pakistan T20 men’s has lost six matches in the Asia Cup. The second most losing team is Hong Kong. And Pakistan’s 26 matches losses in Asia Cup formats are also second. But the most losing team is Bangladesh, which has 44 losses.
UAE captain Mohammad Wasim on Monday scored his 3000th T20I run, more than any other Pakistani player. Fakhar Zaman, who has 2144 runs, is the only Pakistani player to have scored that many runs, other player not runs above 1000 .
Big Occasion”
In Pakistan’s previous match, handshakes were not done, but in today’s match, it will be a tradition. Because today’s match will be called dirty by some team or the other, because this is a knock-out match.
Either UAE or two-time champions Pakistan will be eliminated from the Asia Cup today. Both Timo comfortably defeated Oman and suffered a heavy defeat from India. This match was a knockout. The winning team went to the Super Four and the losing team was out of the Asia Cup.
The favorite in the match is being considered. Because Pakistan has beaten UAE twice in the tri-series played in the last 2 weeks. However, there were some moments in the match. Where UAE played well. But they could not maintain their lead for long. On the other hand, Pakistan showed their temperament and took control of the game.
Pakistan has also had problems in showing good performance. Against India, the team’s head coach Mike Hassan has said that it was a bad day for them and nothing more. Pakistan has become a flat track bull. That is, Pakistan has only won against the lower-level team. But as soon as the big team comes in front, it fights back. In the past, it has won against the lower-level team. As soon as a team like India comes in front, it came under pressure and was outclassed. Now the question is whether the incident itself has increased Pakistan’s performance or is it just because of the easy schedule that it got success.
In any case, Pakistan has enough ability to easily defeat UAE. Their spinners can prove to be a weapon that will make a difference between the two teams. In Pakistan’s last two matches and in the recent Tri-Series final, they had also fielded Mohammad Nawaz along with Saim Ayub. Now, this is a one-player XI that will do the job comfortably.
On the other hand, if you look at the performance of UAE, they skipped the one match against India and competed hard against Pakistan and Afghanistan in the remaining matches, i.e. the three-match series. They also bowled Oman sixes and scored more than Pakistan could have imagined. UAE bowling is still indirect, which needs to be improved soon and this match is a big opportunity against Pakistan.
The real reason for UAE’s success is their top order batting. Captain Mohammad Wasim is in good form. He scored 69 runs off 54 balls against Oman. Since Mohammad Zohaib was replaced by Ali Shan Sharif, Mohammad Wasim alone does not need to play fast. He also scored his half-century in a partnership of 84 runs. Asif Khan at number three has made the top order even more dangerous.
UAE will have to rely on their spinners for their success. Haider Ali is their attack spinner and took 2 wickets for 22 runs in the last match. And Mohammad Wasin praised Dhruv Prasad.
player of the spotlight
There are days when it becomes difficult to stop Fakhar Zaman, but such days are very rare. In the last match, when these two teams faced each other, Pakistan lost 5 wickets for 80 runs, so Pakistan had some players who could come and save the innings. Then Fakhar Zaman scored 84 runs off 44 balls and brought Pakistan out of the crisis.
Fakhar Zaman is not consistently able to play big innings, but his peak innings also make an impact. This is both an opportunity and a threat for the UAE.
Asif Khan stunned everyone in late August when he bowled out Pakistan’s spinners and scored 77 runs off 35 balls, including six fours and six sixes. He has also failed to maintain his batting form, scoring just 12 runs in the remaining matches, apart from a 40-run innings against Afghanistan. This is his match-winner. If it fails today, his batting line-up could come under pressure.
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