Afghanistan vs United Arab Emirates, 6th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

That's it for the night from here. We will be back for the final between Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday (7th September). Do join us then. For now it's bye bye.

Ibrahim Zadran | Player of the Match: It was a good win to finish the group stage. We already qualified to the finals, wanted to give chance who didn't get a chance in the previous games. UAE were winning that, credit to our bowlers for the win. If you look at the wicket conditions, you have to take responsibility, show your skills and back your skills, that's how I prepare myself and rest I got the result. It's been a good series, we are going to play the final against Pakistan. We are well prepared for the Asia Cup, we will go there with high energy and high intensity.

Muhammad Waseem: It's a good game. Tough luck to us. We are going close to the line but we are not crossing the line, it happened today as well. We will take all the positive points from this series and apply to the Asia Cup. He's (Haider Ali) bowling good, he has experience, we can do better than this in the Asia Cup also.

Stats by Roshan Gede

This is the second time that we have had a 300-plus match aggregate (336) without a single individual 50-plus score in Men’s T20Is in Sharjah, after 369 between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in 2016.

UAE No.1-7 batting in this series
vs pace: 288 off 179, 7 dismissals, Avg: 41.14, SR: 160.89
vs spin: 291 off 270, 16 dismissals, Avg: 18.18, SR: 107.77

Lowest win-margins for Afghanistan in T20Is (by runs)
1 run vs BAN, Dehradun, 2018
3 runs vs SL, Dambulla, 2024
4 runs vs UAE, Sharjah, 2025
5 runs vs ZIM, Sharjah, 2016
6 runs vs WI, Nagpur, 2016

Catching efficiency in this series
92% - Pakistan (two dropped catches)
80% - UAE (four dropped catches)
68.7% - Afghanistan (10 dropped catches)

22:28 Local Time, 18:28 GMT, 23:58 IST: So near and yet so far for UAE. They have played the whole tournament well but end up winless. Tonight was their perfect chance, Afghanistan rested the likes of Rashid Khan, Nabi and others and UAE nearly pulled it off. Once again the UAE openers gave their side a good start but the wicket of their skipper Waseem was key. Then Afghanistan tightened things and pushed the required rate up. Asif Khan struggled initially as he failed to find the middle of his bat. Then he came into his own in the 18th over as he took on the debutant Ahmadzai and brought the target down. 27 was needed off 2 and it became 17 off the last over. Asif Khan started it well with 12 off the first three balls before Fareed Ahmad changed to round the wicket and that paid dividends. Two dots and a wicket off the last ball helped Afghanistan sneak home in a tight finish. Asif Khan was distraught at the end and so were the other UAE players. Stay tuned for the post-match stuff...

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, out Caught by Gurbaz!! Heartbreak for UAE. Asif Khan swipes the bat in the air in frustration. He is down on his haunches and shakes his head in disappointment. In the slot and full on off, was the perfect delivery to hit out of the ground, Asif Khan gets forward to loft and doesn't get the timing and it's gone so high up in the air, Ibrahim from long-on wants to go for the catch but at the last moment leaves it to Gurbaz at long-off who takes it well. One eye of his must have been on Ibrahim but he kept his nerve and hangs on. Even if he had dropped it wouldn't have mattered. Gurbaz is pumped as he looks back at the dugout and celebrates. Asif Khan c Gurbaz b Fareed Ahmad 40(28) [4s-4 6s-2]

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

A four will take us to a Super Over. Fareed Ahmad from round the wicket.

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, no run, fine bowling. Wide and full delivery outside off, inside the tramline, Asif Khan reaches for it to carve, misses and Mohammad Ishaq runs forward to prevent the bye

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, no run, Fareed Ahmad is appealing furiously for a caught behind. Mohammad Ishaq throws the ball at the stumps, no backing up and Asif Khan sends Harshit Kaushik back. Fine yorker and tailing back in, Asif Khan gets forward to drive, toe-ends it on the bounce to the keeper, clearly bounced

Fareed Ahmad round the wicket.

Asif Khan and Harshit Kaushik have a chat. 5 off 3. They are checking if it's one-short. Ibrahim meanwhile has a chat with Fareed Ahmad. Looks like Asif has just slid the bat in. So it will be 2.

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, 2 runs, full outside off, Asif Khan gets forward and slices the loft, wide of Omarzai at sweeper cover and he rushes back for the 2nd

7 off 4

Fareed Ahmad to Asif Khan, SIX, what a shot by Asif Khan. A length delivery and angling away from the right-hander just outside off, he thwacks it flat-batted and it skims away flat over deep extra-cover. Pure muscle, all that hours spent in the gym now worth it, pressure on Fareed Ahmad now

13 off 5, no-one inside the ring on the leg-side.