Pakistan vs Afghanistan Final T20I LIVE Score: Salman Agha’s Pakistan will take on Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan in Sharjah

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Pakistan vs Afghanistan Final T20I Live Score, UAE T20I Tri-Series 2025: Salman Agha’s Pakistan will lock horns with Rashid Khan’s Afghanistan in the final of the ongoing tri-series between Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the United Arab Emirates. Both sides have played each other once in the league stage once with both sharing the honours.

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Though Pakistan drew the first blood when they defeated Afghanistan in their first meeting, the latter increasingly got better and better as the tournament went on, and in their second meeting, Afghanistan completely dominated the proceedings both with the bat and ball.

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However, a lot of the results in this tournament or at this venue have been dictated by toss, as the team batting first has had a significant advantage over the team batting second, as the pitch kept crumbling through the evening, and batting got harder, especially against the bowlers who have mastered the slower ones.

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