Published on, Sept. 8 -- September 8, 2025 2:51 AM

Pakistan, led by spinner Mohammad Nawaz's hat-trick, bamboozled Afghanistan to win by a huge margin of 75 runs in the final of the Twenty20 International tri-series in Sharjah on Sunday.

Player of the match Nawaz became the third Pakistani bowler to take a hat-trick in T20Is for the Green Shirts and ended up with figures of 5-19 as the Afghan batters had no response to his wily left-arm spin - getting bowled out for a paltry 66.

He also contributed with the bat in Pakistan's first innings by hitting two sixes and scoring 25 of 21 deliveries.

Earlier, Afghanistan men's spinners restricted Pakistan to 141-8 after skipper Salman Ali Agha had elected to bat first after winning the toss, a...