Pakistan Shaheens celebrating a wicket in opposition to UAE on the ACC Rising Workforce T20 Asia Cup on October 23, 2024. — Fb/Pakistan Cricket Workforce
AL-AMERAT: Pakistan Shaheens progressed to the semi-finals after defeating United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 74 runs in a digital quarter-final of the ACC Rising Workforce T20 Asia Cup on Wednesday.
The UAE was bundled out by Mohammad Haris and Co at 65 runs in 16.3 overs.
Earlier, Haris, main his facet from the entrance, scored a speedy 71 off 49 runs to assist his facet submit a 180-run goal in opposition to UAE.
Haris, who demoted himself within the batting order following back-to-back failures as an opener, smoked six boundaries and three maximums and remained not out at until the top.
Omair Bin Yousuf, after Shaheens opted to bat first, opened the innings alongside Yasir Khan.
The primary 21 runs of the opening innings have been fired by Omair after which he was unfortunate to get run-out.
Haris got here in and joined Yasir on the crease who then gave confidence to his skipper whereas hitting a few hits out of the park.
Muhammad Farooq, the leggie, cleverly bowled to Yasir who tried to play with the spin however did not clear the long-on boundary.
UAE skipper Rahul Chopra took a surprising catch operating backward which additionally noticed him falling the place the again of his head was hit onerous on the bottom. He was taken off the sector for some time.
In the meantime, Shaheens’ skipper went berserk on the opposition bowlers together with his conventional cheeky fashion.
Qasim Akram, who sailed the ship of Shaheens within the match in opposition to Oman, managed simply 23 runs.
Whereas, Haider, who returned after resting within the earlier match, proved his value this time by scoring 32 off 17 balls together with a boundary and three maximums.
PLAYING XI
Pakistan Shaheens: Mohammad Haris (c), Yasir Khan, Omair bin Yousuf, Haider Ali, Arafat Minhas, Qasim Akram, Abdul Samad, Shahnawaz Dahani, Abbas Afridi, Sufiyan Muqeem, and Ahmed Daniyal
UAE: Aryansh Sharma, Mayank Kumar, Tanish Suri, Rahul Chopra (c), Syed Haider, Basil Hameed, Dhruv Parashar, Sanchit Sharma, Akif Raja, Muhammad Farooq, and Omid Shafi Rahman
