2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series
| 2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 29 August–7 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Pakistan won the series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Mohammad Nawaz (Pak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament which was held from 29 August to 7 September 2025 in the United Arab Emirates.[1][2][3] The participating teams were the hosts United Arab Emirates, along with the men's national teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan, with the matches played in Twenty20 International (T20I) format.[4][5][6] The tournament was played in a double round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing for the final. The tri-series formed part of the preparation of all participating teams for the 2025 Asia Cup.[7] All the matches were played at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.[8]
Squads
| Afghanistan[9] | Pakistan[10] | United Arab Emirates[11] |
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Round-robin
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1.037 | Advanced to the final |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.262 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.300 |
Fixtures
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- Harshit Kaushik (UAE) made his T20I debut.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 165th wicket in T20Is, becoming the highest wicket-taker in men's T20Is, going past Tim Southee (164).[13]
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar (Afg) made his T20I debut.
- Fakhar Zaman (Pak) played in his 100th T20I match,[14] and scored his 2,000th run in T20Is.
- Mohammad Nabi (Afg) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.[15]
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Junaid Siddique became the first player to take 100 wickets for UAE in men's T20Is.[16][17]
Final
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) played in his 100th T20I match.[18]
- Mohammad Nawaz (Pak) took his first hat-trick and five wicket haul in T20Is.[19][20]
Notes
- ^ Ibrahim Zadran captained Afghanistan in the 6th T20I.
References
- ^ "UAE to host Pakistan and Afghanistan in T20I Tri-Series in Sharjah from 29 August". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "UAE to host Pakistan and Afghanistan in T20I triseries". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "AfghanAtalan to Face Pakistan, UAE in a Tri-Nation T20I Series Starting Late August". Afghanistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Schedule of Pakistan, Afghanistan, UAE T20I tri-series revealed". A Sports. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "UAE Set To Host Pakistan, Afghanistan In T20I Tri-Series From August 29". Cricket.com. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "UAE, Pakistan and Afghanistan set for T20I tri-series showdown". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan, Afghanistan and UAE to play T20I tri-series in Sharjah ahead of Asia Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan to play T20I tri-series in UAE". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan pick 16 of 17 Asia Cup squad members for UAE tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan announce squads for UAE T20I tri-series and Asia Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "Muhammad Waseem to lead UAE in Inverex Solar Energy presents Bank Alfalah T20I Tri-Series 2025". Emirates Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
- ^ "United Arab Emirates T20I Tri-Series Points table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
- ^ "UAE vs AFG, Tri-Series 2025: Afghanistan secures easy win over UAE as Rashid Khan creates record". Sportstar. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ "Fakhar Zaman achieves major landmark in tri-series match against Afghanistan". Geo Super. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan Veteran Mohammad Nabi Follows Rashid Khan's Footsteps To Hit 100 T20I Wickets". OneCricket. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
- ^ "Congratulations to our superstar speedster Junaid Siddique on reaching the 100 wickets milestone in T20Is". UAE Cricket. Retrieved 4 September 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Junaid Siddique becomes first UAE bowler to achieve 100 T20I wickets". CricTracker. Retrieved 4 September 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ @ACBofficials (7 September 2025). "𝐑𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝! 💯" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nawaz's five-for steers Pakistan to T20I tri-series final win over Afghanistan". Geo TV. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ "Hattrick For Mohammad Nawaz As Pakistan Demolish Afghanistan In Tri-Series Final". OneCricket. Retrieved 8 September 2025.