{"id":9174,"date":"2025-08-30T20:31:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/pakistan-down-uae-for-second-victory-in-t20i-tri-series-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T20:31:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:31:42","slug":"pakistan-down-uae-for-second-victory-in-t20i-tri-series-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/30\/pakistan-down-uae-for-second-victory-in-t20i-tri-series-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Down UAE For Second Victory In T20I Tri-Series | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9539017\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-395e0e0beb19cb6e jsx-4143937483\">August 31, 2025, 01:16 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9539017\" class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-3978112341 asubttl-schema\">Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz lead Pakistan to a 31-run victory over United Arab Emirates in Sharjah, bagging their second T20 tri-series win.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 artsharwrp\">\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" class=\"jsx-7dd6bcc4782610a2 lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-3978112341 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Saim Ayub scored a match-winning 69 against UAE (Picture credit: AFP)\" title=\"Saim Ayub scored a match-winning 69 against UAE (Picture credit: AFP)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-3978112341\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Saim Ayub scored a match-winning 69 against UAE (Picture credit: AFP)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Star Pakistan batter Saim Ayub and Hasan Nawaz scored fifties as Pakistan beat the United Arab Emirates by 31 runs in Sharjah on Saturday, August 30, bagging their second victory in the T20 tri-series featuring Afghanistan as well.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Opener Ayub smashed a 38-ball 69, including four sixes and seven fours, while Nawaz\u2019s 26-ball 56 featured six sixes, helping Pakistan reach 207 all out in exactly 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">Asif Khan threatened an unlikely win for the UAE with a brilliant 35-ball 77 before being dismissed in the last over.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">The UAE managed 176-8 from their 20 overs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Skipper Muhammad Waseem also hit a breezy 18-ball 33 but was run out in the sixth over.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Earlier, Pakistan\u2019s innings was built around the excellence of Ayub and Nawaz after they won the toss and elected to bat first.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">Once Pakistan lost Sahibzada Farhan, Fakhar Zaman, and skipper Salman Agha cheaply, it was left to Ayub and Hasan to rescue the team.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Ayub\u2019s fourth T20I half-century came off just 25 balls, while Nawaz reached his fifty in 24 deliveries with a hat-trick of sixes off spinner Haider Ali.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Nawaz added 57 runs for the fifth wicket off just 25 balls with Mohammad Nawaz, who contributed a 15-ball 25.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Faheem Ashraf chipped in with 16 as Pakistan scored 64 runs in the last five overs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">Junaid Siddique and Saghir Khan took three wickets each, but were both expensive.<\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">Afghanistan, which lost to Pakistan by 39 runs on Friday, will face the UAE in the next match on Monday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"12\" class=\"story_para_12\">(With AFP Inputs)<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-ff263f4b724d470d jsx-3978112341 brdcrmb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/\">News<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cricket\/\">cricket<\/a>  <span class=\"brdout\"> Pakistan Down UAE For Second Victory In T20I Tri-Series<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"coral-wrap\" class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f \">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coral-cont\">\n<div class=\"jsx-ba4d8f086a12294f coltoptxt\">Disclaimer: Comments reflect users\u2019 views, not News18\u2019s. 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