Afghanistan vs Pakistan ஸ்கோர்கார்டு, Super Four Match 4, Asia Cup 2022

This will be the third men’s T20I fixture between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the Men in Green triumphing in each of the two games played between the two sides in the format.

This will be the first men’s T20I game played between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the Asia Cup, this is however the second such fixture played between the two sides at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium with the Shaheens winning the first such game by six wickets.

Afghanistan have won 30 of their 41 men’s T20I games played at the United Arab Emirates (L11), no other team has registered more wins in the format at this country than the Afghans.

The last time Pakistan lost two or more games in a multi-nation men’s T20I series (more than two teams) was in the 2016 Men’s T20 World Cup (three games), since then the Men in Green have appeared in two such series (excluding the current tournament) and have lost only one game apiece in these tournaments.

Afghanistan have scored 57% of their runs in the ongoing Asia Cup through boundaries, the most by any team in this competition; Pakistan are fourth in the list having scored 52% of their runs from boundaries.

Afghanistan have scalped six wickets in the powerplay phase of the ongoing Asia Cup, the most by any team; Pakistan are a close second having scalped five such wickets.

Pakistan have a catch success rate of 85% in the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup having caught 11 of their 13 chances, only Sri Lanka (100%) have a better such rate in this tournament.

Hazratullah Zazai (939 runs) is 61 away from becoming the sixth batter to reach 1,000 runs for Afghanistan in men’s T20Is; he has played 31 innings in the format so far and needs to reach the milestone within his next six innings to become the fastest player to do so for his country (Mohammad Shahzad – 38 innings).

Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan) has struck a boundary once every 2.9 deliveries in Asia Cup 2022, the best such rate of any batter in the ongoing competition (min. 10 deliveries faced).

Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Afghanistan) has scalped four wickets of top order batters (top three) in the ongoing edition of the Asia Cup, the highest among all bowlers in the competition.